Hypercard stacks are nice for Mac useres, but the Web is the first universally accessible hypertext medium. The guest agreed, unfortunately. I think the Web is better described as a superset of the internet. This makes it an incredibly powerful tool. The basic format of the Web is hypertext.
Hypertext allows people to jump around to different locations and types of information.
That is basically what sets it apart from other forms of text. Probably not for every way in which text is used. Hypertext will probably excel mostly in those situations in which exploration is appropriate, rather than exposition . Exposition, the explanation of complex ideas, benefits from carefully planned serial order. The ideas unfold as an argument or story.