diff --git a/tools/droiddoc/templates/assets/android-developer-docs.js b/tools/droiddoc/templates/assets/android-developer-docs.js
index db5e64fc8..64311638a 100644
--- a/tools/droiddoc/templates/assets/android-developer-docs.js
+++ b/tools/droiddoc/templates/assets/android-developer-docs.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ var NAV_PREF_PANELS = "panels";
 var nav_pref;
 var toRoot;
 var isMobile = false; // true if mobile, so we can adjust some layout
+var isIE6 = false; // true if IE6
 
 function addLoadEvent(newfun) {
   var current = window.onload;
@@ -24,17 +25,24 @@ function addLoadEvent(newfun) {
 }
 
 var agent = navigator['userAgent'];
+// If a mobile phone, set flag and do mobile setup
 if ((agent.indexOf("Mobile") != -1) || 
     (agent.indexOf("BlackBerry") != -1) || 
     (agent.indexOf("Mini") != -1)) {
   isMobile = true;
   addLoadEvent(mobileSetup);
+// If not a mobile browser, set the onresize event for IE6, and others
+} else if (agent.indexOf("MSIE 6.0") != -1) {
+  isIE6 = true;
+  addLoadEvent(function() {
+    window.onresize = resizeAll;
+  });
+} else {
+  addLoadEvent(function() {
+    window.onresize = resizeHeight;
+  });
 }
 
-addLoadEvent(function() {
-window.onresize = resizeAll;
-});
-
 function mobileSetup() {
   $("body").css({'overflow':'auto'});
   $("html").css({'overflow':'auto'});
@@ -60,8 +68,12 @@ function setToRoot(root) {
 
 function restoreWidth(navWidth) {
   var windowWidth = $(window).width() + "px";
-  content.css({marginLeft:parseInt(navWidth) + 6 + "px", //account for 6px-wide handle-bar
-               width:parseInt(windowWidth) - parseInt(navWidth) - 6 + "px"});
+  content.css({marginLeft:parseInt(navWidth) + 6 + "px"}); //account for 6px-wide handle-bar
+
+  if (isIE6) {
+    content.css({width:parseInt(windowWidth) - parseInt(navWidth) - 6 + "px"}); // necessary in order for scrollbars to be visible
+  }
+
   sidenav.css({width:navWidth});
   resizePackagesNav.css({width:navWidth});
   classesNav.css({width:navWidth});
@@ -106,7 +118,7 @@ function writeCookie(cookie, val, section, expiration) {
     date.setTime(date.getTime()+(10*365*24*60*60*1000)); // default expiration is one week
     expiration = date.toGMTString();
   }
-  document.cookie = cookie_namespace+section+cookie+"="+val+"; expires="+expiration+"; path=/";
+  document.cookie = cookie_namespace + section + cookie + "=" + val + "; expires=" + expiration+"; path=/";
 } 
 
 function init() {
@@ -124,7 +136,7 @@ function init() {
   }
 
   if (!isMobile) {
-    $("#resize-packages-nav").resizable({handles: "s", resize: function(e, ui) { resizeHeight(); } });
+    $("#resize-packages-nav").resizable({handles: "s", resize: function(e, ui) { resizePackagesHeight(); } });
     $(".side-nav-resizable").resizable({handles: "e", resize: function(e, ui) { resizeWidth(); } });
     var cookieWidth = readCookie(cookiePath+'width');
     var cookieHeight = readCookie(cookiePath+'height');
@@ -174,23 +186,46 @@ function highlightNav(fullPageName) {
   }
 }
 
-function resizeHeight() {
+/* Resize the height of the nav panels in the reference,
+ * and save the new size to a cookie */
+function resizePackagesHeight() {
   var windowHeight = ($(window).height() - HEADER_HEIGHT);
-  var swapperHeight = windowHeight - 13;
-  $("#swapper").css({height:swapperHeight + "px"});
-  sidenav.css({height:windowHeight + "px"});
-  content.css({height:windowHeight + "px"});
+  var swapperHeight = windowHeight - 13; // move 13px for swapper link at the bottom
   resizePackagesNav.css({maxHeight:swapperHeight + "px"});
   classesNav.css({height:swapperHeight - parseInt(resizePackagesNav.css("height")) + "px"});
+
+  $("#swapper").css({height:swapperHeight + "px"});
   $("#packages-nav").css({height:parseInt(resizePackagesNav.css("height")) - 6 + "px"}); //move 6px for handle
-  devdocNav.css({height:sidenav.css("height")});
-  $("#nav-tree").css({height:swapperHeight + "px"});
-  
+
   var basePath = getBaseUri(location.pathname);
   var section = basePath.substring(1,basePath.indexOf("/",1));
   writeCookie("height", resizePackagesNav.css("height"), section, null);
 }
 
+/* Resize the height of the side-nav and doc-content divs,
+ * which creates the frame effect */
+function resizeHeight() {
+  // Get the window height and always resize the doc-content and side-nav divs
+  var windowHeight = ($(window).height() - HEADER_HEIGHT);
+  content.css({height:windowHeight + "px"});
+  sidenav.css({height:windowHeight + "px"});
+
+  var href = location.href;
+  // If in the reference docs, also resize the "swapper", "classes-nav", and "nav-tree"  divs
+  if (href.indexOf("/reference/") != -1) {
+    var swapperHeight = windowHeight - 13;
+    $("#swapper").css({height:swapperHeight + "px"});
+    $("#classes-nav").css({height:swapperHeight - parseInt(resizePackagesNav.css("height")) + "px"});
+    $("#nav-tree").css({height:swapperHeight + "px"});
+
+  // If in the dev guide docs, also resize the "devdoc-nav" div
+  } else if (href.indexOf("/guide/") != -1) {
+    $("#devdoc-nav").css({height:sidenav.css("height")});
+  }
+}
+
+/* Resize the width of the "side-nav" and the left margin of the "doc-content" div,
+ * which creates the resizable side bar */
 function resizeWidth() {
   var windowWidth = $(window).width() + "px";
   if (sidenav.length) {
@@ -198,24 +233,27 @@ function resizeWidth() {
   } else {
     var sidenavWidth = 0;
   }
-  content.css({marginLeft:parseInt(sidenavWidth) + 6 + "px", //account for 6px-wide handle-bar
-               width:parseInt(windowWidth) - parseInt(sidenavWidth) - 6 + "px"});
+  content.css({marginLeft:parseInt(sidenavWidth) + 6 + "px"}); //account for 6px-wide handle-bar
+
+  if (isIE6) {
+    content.css({width:parseInt(windowWidth) - parseInt(sidenavWidth) - 6 + "px"}); // necessary in order to for scrollbars to be visible
+  }
+
   resizePackagesNav.css({width:sidenavWidth});
   classesNav.css({width:sidenavWidth});
   $("#packages-nav").css({width:sidenavWidth});
-  
+
   var basePath = getBaseUri(location.pathname);
   var section = basePath.substring(1,basePath.indexOf("/",1));
   writeCookie("width", sidenavWidth, section, null);
 }
 
+/* For IE6 only,
+ * because it can't properly perform auto width for "doc-content" div,
+ * avoiding this for all browsers provides better performance */
 function resizeAll() {
-  if (!isMobile) {
-    resizeHeight();
-    if ($(".side-nav-resizable").length) {
-      resizeWidth();
-    }
-  }
+  resizeHeight();
+  resizeWidth();
 }
 
 function getBaseUri(uri) {