StretchText is a hypertext feature which hasn't gain mass adoption in systems like the WWW, but which gives more control to the reader in determining what level of detail to read at. Authors write content to several levels of detail in a work. StretchText is similar to outlining, however instead of drilling down lists to greater detail, the current node is replaced with a newer node. This "stretching" to increase the amount of writing, or to contract it gives the feature it's name. This is analygous to zooming in to get more detail. Ted Nelson coined the term around 1967.