What is a 4D Mouse?
Hearing about a 4D mouse may cause visions of Stephen Hawking to sweep through the mind. No, this mouse does not point to the 4th dimension of time, but it might save you some. The abbreviation 4D refers to four directional. A 4D mouse can scroll a page both vertically and horizontally; or up/down and left/right. Scrolling is an extremely useful function, especially when surfing the Internet. Most websites require visitors to repeatedly click the tiny up/down window arrows or drag the vertical bar in order to scroll down the page. A 4D mouse makes this repetitive and somewhat bothersome task as easy as rolling a ball with your fingertip. And if the page doesn’t fit in your view horizontally, that’s no problem either. Just use the horizontal rollerball to view the content. The advantage of a 4D mouse having two rollerballs is useful not only online but also in spreadsheet applications and graphics programs. A 4D mouse is also great for positioning the mouse quickly in gaming, or for dra
I’m surprised myself when I first found it in a store. Instantly the theory of 4th dimension by Einstein and Hawkings flashed through my mind, and that’s what attracted me to this special mouse. So what is 4D got to do in a pc mouse then? A quick look at the built of the mouse swiftly revealed that this mouse is built-in with 2 scrolls! Yeah, 2 scroll: 1 for vertical scrolling, and 1 for horizontal scrolling. The scrolling proved very useful, when one is viewing a large document or drawing a large picture or design. This is especially the case with a monitor that is limited to 800X600 screen. For example, webpages nowadays are suited for 1024X768 resolution, some even greater. With the horizontal scrolling, surfing becomes faster and more enjoyable. One needs not to point the mouse pointer to the horizontal scroll bar, and drags it to view the entire webpage. The 2 scrolls also make a great keys for shooting games like Quake 3, Unreal Tournament, etc, for you can scroll the weapons bi-
