31. A program product, comprising: (a) a program configured to perform a method of displaying a first hypertext document on a computer display, the first hypertext document including at least one hypertext link definition that points to a second hypertext document, the method comprising: (1) displaying the first hypertext document on the computer display, including displaying the hypertext link definition; (2) maintaining status information associated with a previous copy of the second hypertext document, wherein the status information associated with the previous copy of the second hypertext document is selected from the group consisting of a checksum, a document size, an author, an area selection within the previous copy of the second hypertext document, a keyword search expression, a numeric expression, a numeric threshold, a keyword list, and combinations thereof; (3) determining whether the second hypertext document has been updated by comparing status information for the second hypertext document with that of the previous copy of the second hypertext document; and (4) indicating on the computer display and within the first hypertext document whether the second hypertext document has been updated since a predetermined time; and (b) a signal bearing media bearing the program.
31. A program product, comprising: (a) a program configured to perform a method of displaying a first hypertext document on a computer display, the first hypertext document including at least one hypertext link definition that points to a second hypertext document, the method comprising: (1) displaying the first hypertext document on the computer display, including displaying the hypertext link definition; (2) maintaining status information associated with a previous copy of the second hypertext document, wherein the status information associated with the previous copy of the second hypertext document is selected from the group consisting of a checksum, a document size, an author, an area selection within the previous copy of the second hypertext document, a keyword search expression, a numeric expression, a numeric threshold, a keyword list, and combinations thereof; (3) determining whether the second hypertext document has been updated by comparing status information for the second hypertext document with that of the previous copy of the second hypertext document; and (4) indicating on the computer display and within the first hypertext document whether the second hypertext document has been updated since a predetermined time; and (b) a signal bearing media bearing the program. 32. The program product of claim 31, wherein the signal bearing media is transmission type media.