2. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the steps of creating a data structure for storing format data comprising a plurality of characteristics which determine the format of the rendering, said rendering being performed according to current format data, and wherein said steps of parsing and rendering further comprise the steps of: identifying new format data, storing a copy of said current format data in the data structure, and modifying the current format data according to the new format data.
1. A method for rendering first and second html documents comprising respective first and second sets of html data to a display screen, wherein the first html document references the second html document, the method comprising the steps of: parsing and rendering the first set of html data to a first area of said screen, said first set of html data including an applet tag defining a second area of said screen in which to render said second html document, wherein said second area is embedded within said first area; wherein said applet tag further references a parsing and rendering applet for parsing and rendering to said second area of said screen the second set of html data substantially concurrent with rendering of said first html data.