Float causes hover not to work in Internet Explorer

OK I have spent much too long trying to work a fix to this, interestingly
http://www.webreference.com/programming/css_flicker/examples/example_eight.htm
still doesn't work correctly in IE, there is still quite a lag before the images are drawn, it does work better, but its still not accurate. As stated previously I would need to have the list ID (or class) created for each list item with the transparent background settings as suggested in that tutorial, and a unique ID name for each 'a' tag too (that is done already though). However looking at the URL above with the appropriate settings in IE, even though better, it would still have a delayed rollover.

So, as it is, I think we have a pretty good rollover menu that works flawlessly even in IE as long as the temporary internet settings are not set to refresh every visit to the page, as a result I think I need to move on now and finish the rest of the site.

Kuroi, thank you once again for your help in this, it is fair to say that without it I would have given up with frustration days ago.

You're welcome. It's been interesting.