Removing line noise with a user style sheet

I find text with underlining or strikethough difficult to read, so I use the following user style sheet to remove it, except when hovering over links:

/*
 * This file can be used to apply a style to all web pages you view
 * Rules without !important are overruled by author rules if the
 * author sets any.  Rules with !important overrule author rules.
 */

:link, :visited {
  text-decoration : none !important ;
}
:link:hover, :visited:hover {
  text-decoration : underline !important ;
}
del {
  text-decoration : none !important ;
}
strike {
  text-decoration : none !important ;
}

In Firefox, the user style sheet file is called chrome/userContent.css in the user profile directory.

Published 31 May 2010, tags: css, webui

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