1. 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: (a) displaying the first hypertext document on the computer display, including displaying the hypertext link definition; (b) 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; (c) 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 (d) indicating on the computer display and within the first hypertext document whether the second hypertext document has been updated since a predetermined time.
1. 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: (a) displaying the first hypertext document on the computer display, including displaying the hypertext link definition; (b) 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; (c) 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 (d) indicating on the computer display and within the first hypertext document whether the second hypertext document has been updated since a predetermined time. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the status information associated with the previous copy of the second hypertext document further includes at least a portion of the contents of the previous copy.