[thelist] Changed Link Colors?

[aardvark]

> From: "Villano, Paul" <VillanoP at usachcs-emh1.army.mil>
>
> Do all browsers (oldies but goodies like 3.X and the latest) all recognize
> changed link colors ("vlink", etc.)?  If not, do they default to blue?

in general, yes, but they default to purple for visited, blue for 
unvisited... even NN2 can accept link colors...

> I'd like to use a dark blue (#3C4E80) background for a page but, obviously,
> blue links would be lost against it.  So I plan to change the link colors.
> Will that backfire, though, and create "invisible" links on browsers that
> don't recognize changed link colors?

it could... try using CSS for the background color and link colors... 
then older browsers (pre-4.x) will see black text on white with blue 
links...