#box1
{
background:green;
width:150px;
height:auto;
border:5px solid red;
padding:5px;
position:absolute;
top:1em;
}
#box2
{
background:green;
width:150px;
height:auto;
border:5px solid red;
padding:5px;
position:relative;
top:4em;
}
In standards-mode browsers, the two boxes should be the same width, but in IE7 the first box is shorter - as though it were in quirks-mode.
{fixed in beta 2}