IE

[low_delta]

How do I stop IE from showing links as "visited"? In other words, all the pages I've been already, have the link shown in a different color. How do I remove the record of what I've visited?

Comments

[pasticcio.livejournal.com]

I think you have to clear your cache?
And I don't mean that disrespectfully in any way ;)

[i.livejournal.com]

hiding something? ;)

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Is that the same as "Clear History" in the Internet Options?

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Why - no, of course not.

*hides shovel behind back*

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

No, that didn't do it.

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

LOL That's what I was thinking!

[i.livejournal.com]

delete all cookies and temporary internet files.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I did that. I suppose I'll have to reboot for it to take effect.

I've been doing a lot of work at Wikipedia. Live links are blue, and links to pages that don't exist are red. Visted links are dark red, whether they're live or not. Every page I've ever visited shows dark red. I'd like to clear that and start fresh, so I can see what's what.

[i.livejournal.com]

you should be able to go into the properties of your browser and change the colors, if that helps.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

No, I need links to display as Wikipedia shows them.

And following your instructions didn't work.

from the IE browser bar

[vocalista001.livejournal.com]

tools
-internet options
-general
-colors

Does that work?

[pasticcio.livejournal.com]

Yep.
It works on my computer.

Re: from the IE browser bar

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Oh, I thought you meant, like, a hammer.

No, I need to use the colors that the site offers. I just want the computer to not think I've been to any webpages before now.

Thanks

tools?

[vocalista001.livejournal.com]

yeah, that other comment "tools" made me laugh too....the computer thought two presses on the tab bar meant 'send'.

I think I don't really understand what you want to do, if the color option isn't it....sorry!

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Now it's working. One of the things I did worked.

Thanks!

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Now it's working. One of the things I did worked.

Thanks!

[i.livejournal.com]

if it was me, you're welcome!

[banana.livejournal.com]

I think you've fixed this now, but it's "Clear History" that does it.

But really I'm commenting to find out who that is in your "irritated" user pic. It looks like Fernando Alonso, but that seems somewhat unlikely.

[marswalker.livejournal.com]

Suggestions for the future...


1) use a different browser... that'd fix all of IE's problems.
2) white-out.
3) Tools -> hammer -> smash screen
...
glad to see they covered the clear cache thing. Sometimes it taks a few moments to "take". And sometimes you have to restart IE.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Okay, thanks.

It's Syd Barrett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Barrett).

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I suppose that works if your webdesign philosophy is that nobody will want to vist your page twice.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I actually rebooted, and it still didn't take.

Is this easier to do in other browsers?

[marswalker.livejournal.com]

I just visited your user-info, so the low-deltas are a darker color... let me clear the cache and reload this page...

[marswalker.livejournal.com]

Okay...

I use Firefox - I just went to the Options tab, hit "clear browsing history" in the very first tab of options, and reloaded this page. All the links that had been dark red went back to light blue. Viola - it's done.

Check if there's a "clear browsing history" button on MSIE somewhere.

I don't use MSIE for a variety of other reasons, so I'm not much help there.

Firefox has plugins to handle quicktime, windows media, mp3, etc; it also has an API for the general public to write extentions, and there must be about 1000 extentions for various things available (history management, options management, update management, debugging, picture viewing, downloading, the list is mind-boggling). Firefox is also less succeptible to viral attacks - you can download a host of tools for controling what can run on any given web site (java/javascript controls, cookie controls, popup blockers, "cloaked" internet address detection, add-blockers, etc).

And.... Firefox is tabbed - so you can open up a dozzen tabs in the same browser, and not have your whole desktop overflowed with browser-windows.

Anyway, ya, it's easier on other browsers.