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1: TIP #150 (Proposed): Display visited links in a different color in the default theme

Posted by Michael Aram on 01/21/11 04:31 PM

Ladies and Gentlemen, I just realized, that in the /resources/openacs-default-theme/styles/default-master.css file, visited links get the same color as unvisited links:

a:link {
  color: #235c96;
  text-decoration:underline;
}

a:visited {
  color: #235c96;
}

a:hover {
  color: #235c96;
  background: #CCCCCC;
}

This is number 3 among the top 10 mistakes in web design by Jakob Nielsen. Therefore, I would recommend to simply remove this a:visited statement for visited links for the default theme. Alternatively - if you want to have the same color on all browsers - you could use the value #551A8B, which Google seems to use on its result pages.

2: Re: TIP #150 (Proposed): Display visited links in a different color in the default theme (response to 1)

Posted by Ryan Gallimore on 01/24/11 06:11 PM

I wouldn't remove a:visited so it can be customized. Changing the value as you suggest sounds ok to me.

3: Re: TIP #150 (Proposed): Display visited links in a different color in the default theme (response to 2)

Posted by Emmanuelle Raffenne on 01/24/11 08:25 PM

I agree with Ryan.