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I use a FireFox plugin that applies CSS for colorizing visited links on HN: a:link{ color: orange !important; } /* visited link */ a:visited {

I use a FireFox plugin that applies CSS for colorizing visited links on HN: a:link{ color: orange !important; } /* visited link */ a:visited { color: green !important; } https://mybrowseraddon.com/custom-style-script.html https://mybrowseraddon.com/custom-style-script.html

mercora 5y ago
they are already distinguishable by color without any change. this is about comments although it marks only comments as new it hasn't seen before regardless if you read them or not.
lambdaba 5y ago
This gave me the idea that I would like that standard everywhere. This convention is just so helpful. Maybe replacing with an outline on more heavily styled links, so as not to break layouts too much.
- lolinder 5y ago
  Is it not the standard everywhere? All my links, on every page, are lighter when visited. I suppose some sites might override this, but I've rarely seen it.
- Nition 5y ago
  It is standard everywhere unless a site explicitly overrides it. For example, do a Google search and click one of the links. Now do the same search again. The link you followed last time is now purple instead of blue. On Hacker News the links go a lighter grey.
  - lambdaba 5y ago
    Yes I know, but a lot of websites override it, I'd just like a unified style everywhere. To be honest I'd like consistent styling in a lot more places and I know of some add-ons that get pretty close but not quite.
    - Nition 5y ago
      Sorry, yeah, so you meant it'd be nice to have a feature/add-on that overrides the link colouring to be the same on every site. Absolutely. We had that once, in those distant days before CSS... ---- Edit: This works on Firefox: - Install Stylus[0]. - Click the toolbar icon and choose Manage. - Click "Write new style" - Enter and save this: a:link { color: #0000EE; } a:visited { color: #551A8B; } [0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/styl-us/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/styl-us/ ---- Edit 2: In Firefox WITHOUT installing any add-ons: - Go to about:config - Set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets to true - Press Alt, click Help -> More Troubleshooting Information - Next to "Profile Folder", click Open Folder - Create a new folder there called "chrome" - Make a file in that folder called userContent.css - Enter the following CSS: a:link { color: #0000EE !important; } a:visited { color: #551A8B !important; } - Restart Firefox
      - Nition 5y ago
        Turns out you can do what the top comment by chhickman is doing without any addon as well. Follow my steps above in "Edit 2", and add this to your CSS file: @-moz-document domain(news.ycombinator.com) { a:link { color: orange !important; } /* visited link */ a:visited { color: green !important; } } Per-domain custom CSS supported out of the box!

mercora 5y ago

they are already distinguishable by color without any change. this is about comments although it marks only comments as new it hasn't seen before regardless if you read them or not.

lambdaba 5y ago

This gave me the idea that I would like that standard everywhere. This convention is just so helpful. Maybe replacing with an outline on more heavily styled links, so as not to break layouts too much.

lolinder 5y ago
Is it not the standard everywhere? All my links, on every page, are lighter when visited. I suppose some sites might override this, but I've rarely seen it.
Nition 5y ago
It is standard everywhere unless a site explicitly overrides it. For example, do a Google search and click one of the links. Now do the same search again. The link you followed last time is now purple instead of blue. On Hacker News the links go a lighter grey.
- lambdaba 5y ago
  Yes I know, but a lot of websites override it, I'd just like a unified style everywhere. To be honest I'd like consistent styling in a lot more places and I know of some add-ons that get pretty close but not quite.
  - Nition 5y ago
    Sorry, yeah, so you meant it'd be nice to have a feature/add-on that overrides the link colouring to be the same on every site. Absolutely. We had that once, in those distant days before CSS... ---- Edit: This works on Firefox: - Install Stylus[0]. - Click the toolbar icon and choose Manage. - Click "Write new style" - Enter and save this: a:link { color: #0000EE; } a:visited { color: #551A8B; } [0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/styl-us/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/styl-us/ ---- Edit 2: In Firefox WITHOUT installing any add-ons: - Go to about:config - Set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets to true - Press Alt, click Help -> More Troubleshooting Information - Next to "Profile Folder", click Open Folder - Create a new folder there called "chrome" - Make a file in that folder called userContent.css - Enter the following CSS: a:link { color: #0000EE !important; } a:visited { color: #551A8B !important; } - Restart Firefox
    - Nition 5y ago
      Turns out you can do what the top comment by chhickman is doing without any addon as well. Follow my steps above in "Edit 2", and add this to your CSS file: @-moz-document domain(news.ycombinator.com) { a:link { color: orange !important; } /* visited link */ a:visited { color: green !important; } } Per-domain custom CSS supported out of the box!