Re: Patch for text.css

On Saturday 06 January 2007 12:48, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Magnus Hagander" <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> > in principle i like it, but there was a reason it was there. anyond know
> > why? Objections to changing it1?
>
> Surely it was just a typo --- I can't believe anyone would intentionally
> hide the difference between visited and unvisited links. The question
> though is what two colors we want to use.
>

I'd be more surprised if it wasn't done intentionally; web designers use this
technique all the time, claiming it adds a more consitent color scheme / look
to the website. Usability analysts will tell you that anything you think you
gain in asthetics is lost in breaking the standard color conventions people
are used to. The above patch sets visited links as a darker/paler blue; if we
are going to change it I'd suggest going with the standard purple color (or
something very similar).

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Robert Treat
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