On the newer builds of IE7 (beta 3) for xp and vista
the number of comments "x of y comments" is placed in
the right hand nav.
offending code is found here:
div#contents div.storylinks {position: relative;}
div#contents div.storylinks ul li.comments {
right: -12em;
_right: 18.5em;
margin: 0;
padding: .2em 1em;
_padding: .1em 1em;
text-align: right;
text-shadow: #000 0 0 0;
background: none;
}
It appears that the -12 code is there to get this to
work on IE 7 Beta 2. If you look at the site in IE 7
Beta 2 the comments information appears in the correct
location. For Beta 3 there is overlapping text on the
right. If the default style is used (right: 0)
instead of this override for IE the page lays out
correctly.
I wanted to notify the issue you were working around
in Beta 2 has been fixed so they can plan on removing
that code when we release Beta 3.
Screenshot of layout issue on IE7 beta3