300323 - Previously viewed links aren't highlighted when returning to search page

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Greg Snyder]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

If I do a search on Google, or any website that have mulitple options to choose
from,  and I click on one of the links, then go back to original search page,
that link is not "highlighted" as already viewed.  Can this be fixed?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to Google.com
2. Search for Windows XP tips
3. Choose first option, click the back button to return to original page.

Actual Results:  
It doesn't highlight the previously viewed option.

Expected Results:  
Either highlight it or darken it as in Internet Explorer.

Comment 1

[Ben]

I see that you filed this bug for version 1.0.4. Verifying it on versions 1.5.0.7 and 2.0 RC2 I see that it works fine, even when I won't let the page finish loading. The visited links have a purple-blue colour and the unvisited links are blue.

Could you verify that it is fixed in a more recent version, such as 1.5?

Just a remark: the colours that are used for the various link's states (unvisited, visited, hovered) are defined by the web page's style. Therefore, a web designer could (but should not) have the links appear always in the same colour. Therefore, if you have one certain page or site that does not appear to change the colour of visited links, verify it on other web sites.

Comment 2

[Steve England [:stevee]]

Reporter, do you still see this problem with the latest Firefox 2? If not, can you please close this bug as WORKSFORME. Thanks!

Comment 3

[Steve England [:stevee]]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.5pre) Gecko/20070705 BonEcho/2.0.0.5pre ID:2007070504

WFM and no response from reporter re: comment 2 -->WORKSFORME.
Reporter, if you still see this problem with the latest release of Firefox 2, please reopen this bug. Thanks!