Safari 5.0.1 Visited links colour

On a black background page a link that has been visited comes up as black text making it almost impossible to read. Is this something I can fix? I've checked preferences and can see nothing.

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Changing Safari Font Color for Visited Links

Is there a utility or some other way to change the color of visited links in Safari? The current blue/purple colors are very difficult to distinguish and I would like a more dramatic color change for visited links. Thank you for any help.

cadcard --
Welcome!
Here's a link to a thread where this was discussed before.
Hope it is helpful:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5204995&#5204995

How do I stop Safari from Changing Visited Links Color's?

I recently switched from Firefox to Safari since I find Safari much faster. I do have one annoyance though. When I click a link (especially in forums) and revisit a page with that link, Safari is changing the link's color. Firefox did this too, it changed visited links from blue to purple.
I would like to set it somehow so Safari doesn't change the color of visited links at all. Is this possible? When I googled I saw many different posts about using custom made CSS style sheets. I just want to get an 'official' or more relevant answer since many opf those posts were years old. I'm using the latest Safari.
Thanks!

AFAIK, it's not possible with preferences, per se. See http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7183566 and http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/stylesheets/csslinks.html for possible hints. You might also investigate modifying one of Safari's css files, inside the Safari app—left as an exercise, with no guarantees that you won't cripple something.

Visited links not changing color on iPad Safari or other browsers

Hi,
On my iPad, when I visite a site via an hyperlink and then go back to the initial page, the color of that link is not changing anymore like it is on my MacBook. For example, in Google search, the visited links don't turn violet and remains blue instead. This is the case in Google search, Yahoo but not with Bing. The problem occurs on all my iPad web browsers (Safari, Atomic Web...).
Is it a bug or a config thing that I can fix myself ? Anybody have any idea or did find a solution to this same problem ?
Thank you,
Daniel

Well, I'm a mixed bag. After wasting time and missing the point earlier, thinking that this was about the Google app, today I finally suss to the fact that the discussion's a tually about in fhe browser ...
Anyway, I take a look and, sure enough, the first one I try does pop into a violet color when returning to the results page. I thought it distinct enough to easily notice, and couldn't remember seeing it before (use the app most of the time).
Unfortunately, that was rthe one and only time I saw that happen over the next ten minutes of running searches on multiple topics. All subsequent cycles showed the exacrt same shade of blue on return, and this includes tests run in the middle of and following such steps as clearing the app (cache, cookies history), force quitting the app, and restarting the iPad.
Nothing made any difference. That first time was the one and only time, so far, that I saw the color change.
Also tried a Reset. No change. I guess if it's really supposed to work then a Restore might do it but .... I think not.
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Visited links using Safari on my iPad 2 won't stay the "visited" color

Visited links using Safari on my iPad 2 won't stay the "visited" color after I close the tab, put the iPad in sleep mode (or whatever it's called), or when I power off the iPad.
There are certain sites I visit where it comes in very handy to be able to see which links I've already clicked on. The links will stay the "visited" color during the time I'm on the site, but later they all go back to the "unvisited" color.
Is there any way I can fix this on an iPad?

Look at iOS Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398
iPad: Issues connecting to Wi-Fi networks http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3304
iOS: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4199
Additional things to try.
Try this first. Turn Off your iPad. Then turn Off (disconnect power cord for 30 seconds or longer) the wireless router & then back On. Now boot your iPad. Hopefully it will see the WiFi.
Go to Settings>Wi-Fi and turn Off. Then while at Settings>Wi-Fi, turn back On and chose a Network.
Change the channel on your wireless router (Auto or Channel 6 is best). Instructions at http://macintoshhowto.com/advanced/how-to-get-a-good-range-on-your-wireless-netw ork.html
Another thing to try - Go into your router security settings and change from WEP to WPA with AES.
How to Quickly Fix iPad 3 Wi-Fi Reception Problems
http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/21/fix-new-ipad-3-wi-fi-reception-problems/
If none of the above suggestions work, look at this link.
iPad Wi-Fi Problems: Comprehensive List of Fixes
http://appletoolbox.com/2010/04/ipad-wi-fi-problems-comprehensive-list-of-fixes/
Fix iPad Wifi Connection and Signal Issues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwWtIG5jUxE
Fix Slow WiFi Issue https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2398063?start=60&tstart=0
Unable to Connect After iOS Update - saw this solution on another post.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4010130
Note - When troubleshooting wifi connection problems, don't hold your iPad by hand. There have been a few reports that holding the iPad by hand, seems to attenuate the wifi signal.
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If any of the above solutions work, please post back what solved your problem. It will help others with the same problem.
 Cheers, Tom

Visited links on safari do not change color

Hi, I use safari Version 5.1.10 (6534.59.10) and when i browse the search results on google, the color of visited links does not change (it should turn form blue to purple). This does not happen when i use other browsers. I have already tried to reset and empty cache.. ANy suggestions?? this is very annoying

I don't know if they're not changing color for you, but for me the purple (visited link) looks too similar to the link (blue) for my bad corneas to distinguish unless I squint.
I found the link below helped, and it works!
How do I change color of links visited?

Change visited link color in Safari 5.1.3

Visited link colors in Safari, most notably visited Google links when I return to the search page, don't change colors as they used to do... Actually, I think it's been that way for a long time (years) now but I am just now coming back around to being interested in why and if there is a way to get back to the days where new links were BLUE and visited links were GREEN (or whatever color you wanted)...
Is this still possible with the new Safari and if so, how do you go about setting this visted link color preference???
thanks... bob...

This appears to be an issue affecting most versions of Safari from about version 5 onwards.
I recently experienced it with Safari version 5.0.6 and eventually found a fix adequate for my purposes.
1 - Sometimes simply selecting 'Private Browsing' (on Safari menu) and then deselecting it cures the problem.
2 - If that does not work I use the following Terminal command which has, so far, worked every time:
defaults write com.apple.Safari RegisteredSafariSyncClient -bool false
I must point out that I do not intend to use any sync services but it appears that if Safari gets confused it is necessary to use this command to reset its sync services.
3 - If you don't like using the Terminal command you could trash the following preference file although this more brutal approach is more likely to lose data:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist
Quit from Safari before attempting 2 or 3.
I have only tested the Terminal command on Safari 5.0.6 on a Leopard G4 without any user defined sync services but it will probably work on other versions and OSs. It is always safest to backup first.

I have one problem and I think it is a settings issue. When I google the web I get results. Now, when I visit some website and I return to my search results I don't have any markers (diffrent link colour for visited sites in IE).

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I have one problem and I think it is a settings issue. When I google the web I get results. Now, I visited some website and then I want to return to my search results and pick another search result. And there is a problem: I don't have any markers (diffrent link colour for visited sites in IE) that would help me to distinguish visited and not visited sites.

Why start a new and very similar thread to your other one which you have not responded to (have you read the replies?)
I suggest that no response is made to this duplicate thread.

How to backup visited links on Safari

Greetings
You know, each time you visit a link, those links are getting highlighted on Safari as purple.
Due to my work, i cannot loose those visited links as marked .
I wanted to ask if there is a way to back up those visited links, so if i upgrade my OS system, that the visited links should always stayed as the way they are
I would like to upgrade my OS to maverick, but i am a bit in worry that i will loose those visited links.
Is there a way to back up this ?
Thanks for your helps

Hi there
I tried to reinstal a new system , and icloud couldnt bring back the "visited link which marked purple by the system"
So i swiitched back to old system.
Seems like iCloud is only backing up bookmarks, well, history partially yes, but not restoring the purple colors on visited links
It looks like this is somewhere hidden in the system .
Any ideas?
My system is crashing, and this is crucial for me to instal a new system, but on the other hand i cannot loose those link, which are a lot, i mean a lot as i am a writer .
I really need help about that.
thanks a lot , really appreciated !

Visited links not in different colour at certain sites FF4

In FF4 the visited links of some sites are forgotten. It is enough that you refresh the site. In FF 3.5 there is no problem.

Pseudo-classes and container styles are what you need - here
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tutorials.
http://www.thepattysite.com/linkstyles1.cfm
http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/pseudoclasses/index.htm
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Is there a way to have visited links in another colour in Thunderbird?

In Firefox and other browsers the colour of a link changes when you click on it. In Thunderbird the colour of a link stays the same when you click on it. Is there a way to change that, so the visited links in a message are easy to spot?

That's what happens now, but is there no way to change this? I know very little about programming, but theoretically I can imagine two solutions:
1. Thunderbird checks with the history of links of the browser, e.g. Firefox.
2. Thunderbird keeps a history of links.
Am I wrong?

Visited link safari

Visited links in Safari restarted some sites becoming again a review. Why?

Why visited links change color to unvisited?

Google visited links indication failure

Background
Normally when browsers load a page they render previously visited links listed in History in a distinctive default colour. Style statements on the page, or elsewhere, can override this colour.
Some pages use JavaScript to dynamically change a link's colour without reloading the page. This is particularly useful when the link opens another window.
All this worked efficiently with Google searches until its JavaScript was changed a few years ago. Google now modifies the URL of links opening in other windows so that the URL is no longer the same as the one stored in History prior to the latest browser launch. The modified links contain random characters so that each launch of the browser contains different URLs for the same page hence inhibiting normal visited link indication.
Google visited links indication failure occurs for links that open another window, frame or tab caused by:
user's Google settings or
selecting a new window by right clicking or
using a page or link which puts 'newwindow=1' in the search results URL.
Google visited links indication failure can be avoided by never shutting down the browser or by not invoking a new window.
RemedyI have developed a Launch Agent containing a bash script which modifies History.plist items containing Google redirects. This works well but I have only been able to use the script after quitting from Safari so I run the Launch Agent at login or via the following AppleScript:tell application "Safari" to quit without saving
do shell script "launchctl start reset-safari"
Questions
Does anybody know of any similar developments or workarounds?
Does anybody know of a way to do this without quitting from Safari? ie is it possible to tell Safari to reload its memory without it overwriting the History.plist file first?

Switch to Bing. Much easier. I've been using that search engine by default for several years now, specifically because of this and other related Google search (mis)behaviors.
With Bing, it's possible to cut-n-paste the web site's URL directly out of the Bing results without having to visit the page, and without having to resort to Safari extensions.
Bing also tends to get less "reverse ranking algorithm engineering", which means that the Bing results tend to be less filled with cruft, as compared with the results for common Google searches.
Once in a while I'll use DogPile (which searches across multiple search engines), or a specific engine at DuckDuckGo, Blekko or Google for a specific (and usually more arcane) search query. (But I was doing that with Google, too.) Each search provider has different coverage with their web crawlers, and different ranking schemes.

Visited Links color in DRW menu

Hey there,
I placed horizontal menu using spry menus from DRW CS3. I had
to change the colors to correspond the website.
I made the background green and the text(links) in the menu
and submenu items - white.
In all browsers and computers i had in home it works fine -
until someone told me that he see the links in BLUE color.
I'm using IE7, Firefox, Opera and Safari for Win. He use IE6.
I find other PC with IE6 - the same problem - ViSITED LINKS
are blue.
Can someone help with a solution???
The browser settings on both IE6 PCs were set to default (no
manual settings for HOVER and VISITED links).

The best way to get an answer is to post a link to the website.
Can you provide one?
As a guess:
Links have five "states"
link (blue by default in most browsers)
visited (purple by default in most browsers)
hover
active
focus
If no rules are defined for one or more of the states then the browsers default color applies.
I'm guessing you've defined a CSS rule for a:link but nothing for a:visited.

Changing color on visited links?

How can Safari options be changed to show visited links in a different color (as is the case in Internet explorer and other browsers.
i.e if you have already visited a link, when you return to the main page, the browser shows you by different colors which links you have viewed and which ones are new (for thew current session)
thanks

I know you said Safari Enhancer will change the "read" links color but not on certain pages that have their own style sheets. I am using 10.4 with the latest version of Enhancer with Yahoo set as my home page. This page has about 100 links to news, sports, business etc. Even though I set Enhancer to change the colors it will not do so. Nor will my Google News Page. It does work with Google Search page but I want it to work on my Yahoo home page since that is where I read all of my News etc. Can you recommend other software that will work? Is Apple going to address this issue?
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