mosaic is a hypertext browser. Hypertext is text
which contains highlighted links, called hyperlinks,
to other texts. To activate a mosaic hyperlink, click with your left
mouse button on any highlighted text; this will take you to the
document at the other end of the hyperlink. The referenced document
can be located anywhere on the World Wide Web, accessible via any
network protocol and in any format; mosaic will allow you to discover,
retrieve, and display it almost as if it were stored on your own hard disk.
If you have a colour screen, mosaic's hyperlinks are initially blue and turn purple after you have accessed the corresponding document. On a monochrome screen, hyperlinks are initially underlined text and become dotted-underlined text. For information on the many options offerred by mosaic, consult the Help pages within mosaic itself.