This is just a spacer, width specified as 150px, floated off to the left

This text is in its own div, width specified as 500px. This div is not floated. MSIE5 and NS6 give different results. Who is right?

MSIE bumps this div left against the right side of the floated spacer, giving full width for the text.

NS6 on the other hand bumps it all the way back to the left margin of the containing box (as if the spacer wasnt there, spends most of the width getting across the spacer - and flows the text to the right (ok) and underneath (which I find surprising?).

This is just a spacer, width specified as 150px, floated off to the left

In this version, the text is in its own div, not floated, width specified as 500px, as before, but this time the spacer is included within this div.

Now, MSIE5 and NS6 give identical results below the bar..

Note also that NS presents identical appearance above and below the bar. (This is some padding to fill out the div a bit, some padding to fill out the div a bit, some padding to fill out the div a bit.)