HotStrip Professional is a compact menu-strip designed to sit in a narrow top or bottom frame and aid navigation around a site. Entries are mouse-reactive and can consist of text or images. The clicked entry can remain highlighted until the next is clicked, indicating the currently-visible page. All colors and fonts are editable, the optional statusbar message can instead be displayed in the strip itself, and an entry can be nominated to be highlighted when the site first loads.

HotStrip Pro supports an unlimited number of menu entries. If the applet isn't wide enough to display all entries simultaneously, scroll buttons will automatically appear enabling the contents of the menu to be scrolled back and forward. A choice of three scroll speeds can be selected to allow fast scrolling through large menus.

Sounds are supported (mouseover and click), and a click can open up to four pages into four frames simultaneously. HotStrip Pro can be switched easily from top frame to bottom frame by changing a single parameter, and the spacing between entries is completely adjustable. Each of HotStrip Professional's mouse-reactive features can be customized or switched off as needed.

HotStrip Pro also supports the Cool Focus Satellite system. (If that link doesn't lead anywhere, you can find out more by downloading the Satellite package from the Applet Downloads area at Cool Focus.)