Visited links are made indistinguishable
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Description
Location
https://dev-doc.rust-lang.org/1.78.0/rust.css (used by https://dev-doc.rust-lang.org/1.78.0/releases.html)
Summary
The stylesheet sets identical styles for a and a:visited, so it is impossible to distinguish visited links. Visible visited links are an important navigation aid when exploring long lists of links, like release notes. Please add a distinct color for visited links (purple is traditional), or remove colors so that browser default colors are used.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with https://dev-doc.rust-lang.org/1.78.0/rust.css and inspect the anchor and visited-link styles used by releases.html. Check the rendered release-note links in a browser, then verify that visited links are visibly distinct while the page remains readable.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- css
- Domain
- accessibility, documentation
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- Under an hour
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100