Respect browser link underline setting on site-schemed pages

[sky]

Title:
Respect browser link underline setting on site-schemed pages

Area:
site scheme

Summary:
If my browser is set not to underline links, I'd like DW site-scheme pages to respect that setting.

Description:
This is a small thing, but a gigantic pet peeve of mine: I absolutely abhor underlined links. Whenever possible I try to make sure underlines on links are not displaying; this is why I have all the browsers I use set not to display links as underlined, especially Firefox, my primary browser for daily use.

On Livejournal.com, the site-schemed pages (comment pages, the front page of the site, etc) all seem to respect my browser underline setting as far as I've noticed. I tested it just now -- turning on underlines in the browser led to underlines on Livejournal site scheme pages, while turning off underlines made them disappear as expected. On Dreamwidth, however, all the links are underlined even though I have "no underlines" set in my browser. I'd like to see the site schemes updated to respect this setting -- of course, without breaking things for users who *do* want underlines.

Poll #982 Respect browser link underline setting on site-schemed pages

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 35

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Should be implemented as-is.
30 (85.7%)

Should be implemented with changes.
1 (2.9%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
2 (5.7%)

(I have no opinion)
2 (5.7%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[snakeling]

What do you do to make your browser not underline links? (In as many browsers as possible, please, I'd like to test this :) )

[sky]

All of these are on a Windows Vista Home Premium system, for the record; of course I can't vouch for what will work on other OSes/browser versions.


Firefox 3.5.2: go to Tools > Options > Content > Colors and unclick "Underline links".

Opera 10b2: go to Tools > Preferences > Web Pages and unclick "Underline normal links" and "Underline visited links".

Internet Explorer 8: go to Tools > Internet Options > Advanced, scroll down to the "Underline links" option, then click the "Never" radio button.


These are the only browsers I've got on my computer right now, but hopefully that will help!

[snakeling]

It's working with Celerity and Lynx, but not with Tropospherical. Hmmmm. I'll try and find out what's causing it :)

[snakeling]

Tropospherical explicitely sets up links to be underlined, which is not even needed. *toddles off to write a bug report and a patch*

[sky]

Awesome. :D

And ahaha, I knew I forgot something. I just use Tropo Red all the time and didn't even think to check the other site schemes, lol.

[oonie]

Thank you for this.

[bankai]

I am so completely for this idea.

[snakeling]

Bug with patch.