What do you think of the blogroll in my sidebar? It takes up very little space, sweeping all of the links out of sight until they’re called for. When you hover over it, they snap down.
This trick is done entirely with CSS, and it works in all modern browsers. (Read: IE6 won’t do it right…) No JavaScript, just a little bit of styling with the :hover
pseudoelement and absolute positioning.
You can find out how to do it for yourself by reading this tutorial by Michael Martin:
How to Create a Beautiful Dropdown Blogroll Without JavaScript.