diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.rhtml b/app/views/layouts/application.rhtml
index 7a7dfd6..46915e9 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.rhtml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
           <%= render :file => 'shared/categories_menu' %>
         </div><!-- id='navigation_bar' -->
         <script type="text/javascript">
-          prepareMenu('navigation_bar', { timeout: 5 });
+          prepareMenu('navigation_bar', { timeout: 1000 });
         </script>
 
         <div id='user_box'>
diff --git a/public/javascripts/menu.js b/public/javascripts/menu.js
index ae2d4b3..4492482 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/menu.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/menu.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 function prepareMenu(id, options) {
 
-    var menuCloseTimeout = options.timeout || 33;
+    window.menuCloseTimeout = options.timeout || 333;
 
     if ( document.all ) {
-        // add a class for work arround msie&#180;s css bugs
+        // add a class for work arround msie's css bugs
         $(id).className += " msie";
     }
     
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ function prepareMenu(id, options) {
                         return false;
                     }
                 } else {
-                    link.className += " menu-opened"
+                    if ( window.openedMenu ) window.openedMenu.closeSubMenu();
+                    window.openedMenu = this.subMenu;
+                    this.className += " menu-opened"
                     this.subMenu.style.display = "block";
                     clearTimeout(this.timeOutClose);
                     clearTimeout(this.subMenu.timeOutClose);
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ function prepareMenu(id, options) {
             };
         link.onmouseout = link.onblur =
             function () {
-                this.timeOutClose = setTimeout( this.closeSubMenu.bind(this), menuCloseTimeout );
+                this.timeOutClose = setTimeout( this.closeSubMenu.bind(this), window.menuCloseTimeout );
             };
 
         //ul.closeSubMenu = function(){ this.style.display = "none" }
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ function prepareMenu(id, options) {
             function () {
                 if ( this.blurCalledByIEWorkArroundBug ) { return false }
                 this.blurCalledByIEWorkArroundBug = true;
-                this.timeOutClose = setTimeout( this.closeSubMenu.bind(this), menuCloseTimeout );
+                this.timeOutClose = setTimeout( this.closeSubMenu.bind(this), window.menuCloseTimeout );
             };
     });
 
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ function prepareMenu(id, options) {
                 };
                 a.onblur = function() {
                     forceUlBlurFromLink(this);
-                    this.timeOutClose = setTimeout( this.closeSubMenu.bind(this), menuCloseTimeout );
+                    this.timeOutClose = setTimeout( this.closeSubMenu.bind(this), window.menuCloseTimeout );
                 };
             } else {
                 a.onfocus = function() { forceUlFocusFromLink(this) };
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