Not to give a long winded answer here is what you may want to use
and its free.
The Joomla template Kit gives what works with Joomla out of the box.
But there a ton of very good menus system add-ons for Joomla
out there both free and Paid.
3 years ago I made a menu module for JScook menu system
based off of Rey Gigataras one of mambo and Joomla long time Core Dev members.
See: super old don't use it.
123 Web Kit - Jscook menu hack from How to Mambo
But there were some many good ones that I just didn't think it was worth the time.
See: Infinity Menus
Joomla! Extensions Directory
Main link to files:Use infinity_menus_V1-0-83-Stable.zip on Joomla 1.0.12
http://mamboxchange.com/frs/?group_i...elease_id=5523
enjoy,
I will be adding a round up article in the future about this topic I'm sure someone reading this post will put one out sooner then I can get to it. It's Win Win for you guys great.
Cheers,
Brian