The Whole Is Greater

The fusion of hypertext and multimedia technologies in a hypermedia environment is a union that makes the whole greater than the sum of its parts. Combining multimedia with hypertext provides a way of organizing information that imitates the mind's ability to associate and organize multisensory information.

Hypermedia allows links to text, images, sound, and video, enabling the author to provide the optimal media mix for communicating a given message or effect.