# Huh? Read links no longer show up as gray.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-read-links-no-longer-show-up-as-gray/391896>\
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**Created:** [February 12, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-read-links-no-longer-show-up-as-gray/391896 "2007-02-12T18:55:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-read-links-no-longer-show-up-as-gray/391896/1 "2007-02-12T18:55:07Z")

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This just my computer, or did something change?

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-read-links-no-longer-show-up-as-gray/391896/2 "2007-02-12T19:32:31Z")

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Just your computer. Turning followed links grey is something your browser takes care of, not anything the SDMB would have control of. I think that a web page can set a different color for followed links, but how long links are considered “followed” is set by your browser.

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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-read-links-no-longer-show-up-as-gray/391896/3 "2007-02-12T22:05:19Z")

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Funny, because my browser just decided to stop showing read links from my last session here yesterday. Though I think that might have something to do with the fact that my computer crashed twice - it’s still odd that it just happened to me, too!

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**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-read-links-no-longer-show-up-as-gray/391896/4 "2007-02-12T23:13:40Z")

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[QUOTE=mnemosyne]  
Funny, because my browser just decided to stop showing read links from my last session here yesterday. Though I think that might have something to do with the fact that my computer crashed twice - it’s still odd that it just happened to me, too!  
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OK, I figured out what I did. I’m using Firefox, I forgot, but I had gone into Options, Privacy, and unchecked all the History items. I just re-checked them, and it’s back working again.

Hope this may work for you too.