In many ways, this is what a hypertext should be. The editor has given care to determining which structural elements were important and has gone about indexing them. On the other hand, this pre-selection process does not give the user choices in the matter of how they will use the material. At this stage in the development of hypermedia and html, such a case is perhaps, inevitable, but, as Jerome McGann reminds us, we must think of ways to offer users the ability to make use of the material, even if they are in ways we have not yet envisioned. Usability v. Readability Churchyard's indexes provide an excellent way into the text, but, unfortunately, they overwhelm the text, which is a nightmare to read, or even scan.
Every third line has a link.
Every occurrence of a proper name is highlighted. No indication is provided as to where a link will link back to, whether it be to a particular index or a useful gloss. There is no way to distinguish between different categories of links, nor to dispense with unhelpful ones. For example, all the characters named in the character index have their text references on the same page. There is not a page in the entire web site less than 50K, and many are much larger.