1. In a network configured computer processing system having a plurality of client computers and a plurality of host computers, a method for delivering interactive links for presenting applications and information from remote sources on the network, the method comprising: retrieving, in response to a request of a client computer, over a first communication connection informational content having computer program code embedded therein and executing the embedded computer program code for establishing a second communication connection to a second host computer; retrieving, over the second communication connection, first information including presentation information for presenting an application and second information; presenting, at the client computer, the application and the second information based upon the presentational information; and storing, on the client computer, an interactive link for selectively re-establishing the second communication connection to the second host computer for retrieving the first information and presenting the application and the second information.