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CurtEastPoint

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Reply to ratchiweenie (Original post)

Tue Nov 11, 2025, 10:17 AM

Nov 11

To change read link colors in Firefox,
go to Settings > General > Language and Appearance and click Colors to customize the default visited link color. Be aware that some websites may use their own styling, which overrides these settings. If your links aren't changing color at all, make sure you are not in a private browsing window or that an extension isn't interfering by testing Firefox in Troubleshoot Mode.

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Once again my computer has stopped changing color for posts I have already read. I am using Firefox and was told to go [View all] ratchiweenie Nov 11 OP

Might it be an extension? GreenWave Nov 11 #1

Sometimes when Firefox (as well as other browsers/apps) update, they're taken back to their default settings. woodsprite Nov 11 #2

*Including* the scheduled deletion of history -- I was using my history as a reference tool to locate pages dating back eppur_se_muova Nov 11 #5

read this CurtEastPoint Nov 11 #3

Thank you but that is exactly what I have always done and did a couple of times today. It isn't working. I just opened ratchiweenie Nov 11 #4

That happens to me randomly too. 1WorldHope Nov 11 #6