1. A method of browsing in a computer network having at least one client connectable to one or more servers, the client having an interface for displaying a first hypertext document with at least one link to a second hypertext document located at a server, comprising the steps of; contacting the server in response to activation of the link to initiate downloading of the second hypertext document from the server to the client; in response to activation of the link, retrieving an information object that has been stored in the client prior to the activation of the link; and displaying the retrieved information object on the interface during at least a portion of a time period between the activation of the link and completion of the downloading of the second hypertext document from the server to the client to provide information to a user during a process of linking from the first hypertext document to the second hypertext document; wherein the information object is stored within the first hypertext document and is not displayed on the interface until after activation of the link that initiates downloading of the second hypertext document from the server to the client.