[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

We didn't use to have that. Why do we need it now? Is there a way you can do it, so that we can circumvent it by our own computer settings - such as "Ignore Colors Specified on Web Pages"?

[John Robinson]

The distinction has always been there, you probably configured your browser to use the same colors for both visited and unvisited links. My change overrode your setting. Trouble is, the default colors do not work well with various colored backgrounds. The best compromise I can offer at the moment is underline/no underline.
Try it for a little while until I come up with a workable alternative. Or maybe this way will grow on you. Shrug.