1. A hypermedia object associated with an application, the hypermedia object for display on a display screen and responsive to information provided by a user interface input device comprising two-dimensional pointing functions and at least one additional user-adjustable input for entering values from a range comprising more than two possible values, the hypermedia object comprising: a first visual representation of the hypermedia object for display in a first region of a display screen wherein the first region is associated with an application; an associated responsive area in a second region of the display for in activating the hypermedia object; a procedure for allowing a user to activate the hypermedia object from a user-initiated action enacted on a user interface input device, the user interface device comprising two-dimensional pointing functions and at least one additional user-adjustable input for entering values from a range comprising more than two values; wherein activating the hypermedia object enables the entry of at least one additional user-adjustable input value for use by the associated application.