It can be jarring for (say) a purple link to turn blue. And if you were absent-mindingly mousing around (people do this) and then look at the link under your cu

It can be jarring for (say) a purple link to turn blue. And if you were absent-mindingly mousing around (people do this) and then look at the link under your cursor, you could get “lied to” that it’s an unvisited link. Biggest deal? No. Easy fix? Yes. (Especially with Sass, where lighten(@visited_color, 3) makes it trivial…)