:link pseudo-selector doesn't seem to work

[hrj]

In a page generate by javadoc, the links are always supposed to be in bold. They define this rule:

td.colOne a:link, td.colOne a:active, td.colOne a:visited, td.colOne a:hover,
td.colFirst a:link, td.colFirst a:active, td.colFirst a:visited, td.colFirst a:hover,
td.colLast a:link, td.colLast a:active, td.colLast a:visited, td.colLast a:hover {
    font-weight: bold;
}

But the bold weight is being selected only for hovered links. According to spec, the :link selector should select unvisited links.

Interestingly, the spec itself considers the issue of privacy for :link selectors:

Note. It is possible for style sheet authors to abuse the :link and :visited pseudo-classes to determine which sites a user has visited without the user's consent. UAs may therefore treat all links as unvisited links, or implement other measures to preserve the user's privacy while rendering visited and unvisited links differently. See [P3P] for more information about handling privacy.