My specific question here is, how important do you guys think supporting IE and the numerous shortcomings it has is? My plan is to ditch my table based menu for something more dynamic based on (
Pure CSS Menus) that does not use javascript at all.
Explorer has piss poor CSS support for the full effect and of course Opera and FF work perfectly. My thoughts are to make a few concessesions by posting the popout links (there would not be many) separately as needed on select pages.
I have an admittedly strong bias against IE in any form and the ongoing "playing catchup, still missing a boatload of features" but many out there are stuck with it or prefer it for whatever reason, and my personal feeling should not be the dominating factor here.