By simply clicking, the user can be taken to a new bit of information, a new Web page or multimedia such as sound, graphics or video. For example, if you click on this animated butterfly you will be sent to my home page. CD-ROM based encyclopedias use hypertext, for example, to take readers to pictures and additional information about a particular topic. Many applications, such as word processing programs, can now use links to access other material accessed via a computer. Links are not always as obvious as underlined text.
Web designers can create links to text without using underlines.
As Web design becomes more sophisticated, the user has to become more familiar with subtle ways information is linked. Sometimes it is difficult to uncover all of the links on a given Web page. Moving the cursor over the complete surface of the page will uncover links, as text or other visual cues appear. Web designers who want their material easily accessed avoid such subtle handling of links. Cutting edge sites, designed for sophisticated Web users, delight in challenging the users of their sites.