What's the size of a tennis ball, sports a futuristic design, and offers a whole new way of getting around Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, and InDesign CS2? It's a unique new navigation device, the NuLOOQ navigator, developed by Logitech for use specifically with these Adobe Creative Suite 2 apps.

The idea behind the navigator is to give creatives easy access to frequently used tools and tool options without having to shift focus away from the image to reach for an item, as we're accustomed to doing. It's not intended to replace your mouse, tablet, or keyboard, but rather to be used along with them. The navigator is a touch-sensitive controller. It sits under your non-mousing hand and has a moveable ring at the base for scrolling and zooming images, and a circular, touch-sensitive surface for adjusting application options without a trip to the Options bar.

The navigator is used with NuLOOQ tooldial software, which gives you a circular menu divided into wedges. You can assign frequently used tools, commands, and files to the wedges. The circular menu appears on demand under your cursor, giving you quick access to those items so you don't have to shift your attention away from your design or remember shortcuts.

We haven't gotten our hands on these products yet, but they do sound interesting. The fact that Bert Monroy endorses the products in a video on the Logitech site is a plus in my book.

The navigator and the tooldial software are sold together as the NuLOOQ Professional Series at a cost of $149.99. You can buy  tooldial separately for $49.99. The navigator is not sold separately. Both products are available only for Mac. You can download a free trial of NuLOOQ tooldial from the Logitech site.