2. A method of navigating among GUI elements represented in display data extracted from a computer memory, employing a tactile mouse having at least one tactile display and at least one command input control, said method comprising: a. extracting display data from among the GUI elements displayed on the computer screen; b. identifying the GUI elements among the extracted display data; c. reorganizing the GUI elements into a new logical hierarchical structure of GUI elements, said new hierarchical structure having at least two hierarchical levels and being navigable by predetermined directional inputs to the tactile mouse; d. displaying in tactile form upon a tactile display descriptors relating to a first GUI element in said new hierarchical structure; e. sensing input from the tactile mouse, said input including spatial motion of the tactile mouse, and input of commands via the at least one input control; f. in response to said input from the tactile mouse, selecting a second GUI element from said new hierarchical structure in accordance with a navigational mode selected by a user from among a plurality of predetermined different navigational modes; and g. indicating the selected second GUI element to the user.
5. The method of claim 2 , wherein a selection of said GUI elements is grouped into at least one set wherein step (f) of selecting a second GUI element comprises constructing a virtual table having a top row, a bottom row, and a middle row therebetween, wherein said middle row contains a plurality of GUI elements including the first selected GUI element, said top row contains the parent of said first selected GUI element, and said bottom row contains all the children of said first selected GUI element; and wherein each of said GUI elements from said top, middle and bottom rows are selectable as said second GUI element.