Sensible CSS Framework
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many of these 'frameworks' are made to make all browsers start from the same point. they basically strip out the pre-existing styles inherited by the browser and start them all from scratch.
meaning that padding, type sizes, font choices, margins, everything is set to the same value. this lets you design much more easily for cross-browser, cross-platform than you usually can.
for example an older version of IE used to automatically add 10px margin at the top of the page, also some browsers underline links, some don't, some images have a border when linked some don't, etc etc. it can also fight people's preferred browser setup and present the site in the way you intended.
this doesn't effect everyone but some css designers – especially cutting edge ones – have to spend a lot of time bouncing between browsers / platforms fixing crappy little bugs.