diff --git a/application/views/home.xhtml b/application/views/home.xhtml
index 40df08569bd23ace86d2759c3e393cc225145593..e40c742e010d030b8b4ee45ff5e9099483bd5a6b 100755
--- a/application/views/home.xhtml
+++ b/application/views/home.xhtml
@@ -196,12 +196,26 @@
                         }
                         ?>                    </td>
                     <td>
-                        <a href="/Request/View/<?php echo $request->getPrimaryKey(); ?>">View</a>
+                        <?php
+                        $lastViewTime = RequestViewTimes::getInstance()->getViewTimeForUserAndRequest($this->user, $request);
+                        if ($lastViewTime instanceof Nmc_Date_Null) {
+                            $linkClass = 'Viewed';
+                        } else {
+                            $linkClass = 'New';
+                        }
+                        ?>
+                        <a class="requestLink<?php echo $linkClass; ?>"
+                           href="/Request/View/<?php echo $request->getPrimaryKey(); ?>">
+                            View
+                        </a>
                         /
-                        <a href="/Request/Load/<?php echo $request->getPrimaryKey(); ?>">Edit</a>                    </td>
+                        <a class="requestLink<?php echo $linkClass; ?>"
+                           href="/Request/Load/<?php echo $request->getPrimaryKey(); ?>">
+                            Edit
+                        </a>
+                    </td>
                     <td>
                         <?php
-                        $lastViewTime = RequestViewTimes::getInstance()->getViewTimeForUserAndRequest($this->user, $request);
                         $newCommentCount = RequestComments::getInstance()->fetchWithRequestAndAfterTime($request, $lastViewTime)->count();
                         if ($newCommentCount > 0) {
                         ?>
diff --git a/document_root/css/home.oss b/document_root/css/home.oss
index e79c6c80cb9c9feed442ba635344e7094c633a7e..aa6f8695451b4a92ce3abe0aa04a77fbd4c77b0f 100755
--- a/document_root/css/home.oss
+++ b/document_root/css/home.oss
@@ -4,4 +4,8 @@
         width: 700px;
     }
 
+    .requestLinkNew {
+        color: #f00;
+    }
+
 }
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