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Another thing I find more annoying with the recent changes is that previously visited links are not marked as such any longer. When searching for the solution to a problem, it is quite nice to easily know which pages have already been visited using a different search query.

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Are you using the HTTPS Everywhere plugin? Sometimes, the link is HTTP but your browser will go to HTTPS instead, so the original never gets marked as visited.

Previously visited links show up as the default purple for me in Chrome. Maybe it's due to a particular plugin you have installed?

No, I tested in three browsers[1] prior to writing my comment, just to avoid getting caught in something like what you suggest. :) The behaviour seems consistent across all three, independent of whether I'm logged into my Google account or not.

[1] Firefox, Chrome and IE.

Interesting. Links show up as purple if visited for me as well.

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