Originally Posted by MikeHopley

Okay, let me get this straight: you want some kind of drop-down menu, and you're prepared to load a completely new page just to achieve that? Not exactly a "seamless user experience", is it?

There are lots of alternatives. Look into CSS or javascript drop-down menus. For example: http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/

More abstractly, you can always have javascript create an absolutely positioned <div> (for your menu options) onmouseover, and then destroy it onmouseout. http://www.javascripttoolbox.com/lib/popup/example.php To make it stick positioned by your menu, just make some part of the menu box relatively positioned, and put the absolute <div> inside.