A hypertext requires the reader to consider more elements of a work than a print text. In addition to its language, the work depends on the user interface. This includes everything from the navigation of the text to the use of technology, the dynamacy of the programming, the computer's response to the reader, and (something which curiously enough can apply to print books but never does) the physical appearance of the text. As you can see from the linked topics above, it is impossible to separate these elements from a reading. An in-depth discussion of the aesthetics of user interfaces is not within the scope of this thesis (the entire field of web design focuses on it!), but you, my readers who are new to hypertext, need to keep in mind the difference the interface makes between reading in print and reading on-line.