12. A computer system, comprising: (a) a computer display; and (b) a processor, coupled to the computer display and configured to display on the computer display a first hypertext document including at least one hypertext link definition that points to a second hypertext document, the processor further configured to maintain status information associated with a previous copy of the second hypertext document, determine 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 to indicate within the first hypertext document whether the second hypertext document has been updated since a predetermined time, 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.
12. A computer system, comprising: (a) a computer display; and (b) a processor, coupled to the computer display and configured to display on the computer display a first hypertext document including at least one hypertext link definition that points to a second hypertext document, the processor further configured to maintain status information associated with a previous copy of the second hypertext document, determine 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 to indicate within the first hypertext document whether the second hypertext document has been updated since a predetermined time, 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. 16. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to display the hypertext link definition in a predetermined color.