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Wondering about “CSS Frameworks”.

I’ve known about projects like the YUI for a while, but this post at Smashing Magazine has made me consider trying one or two out.  Mostly for the cross-platform advantages: On a couple projects, I still find myself running into problems with Windows/IE browsers.

“Let’s take a look at the idea behind CSS Frameworks, their advantages and disadvantages, most popular CSS frameworks and dozens of default-stylesheets you can use designing a new web-site from scratch.“

That article has a nice summary of the disadvantages as well as advantages, but this post, Please do not use CSS frameworks, goes further:

 ”At their surface, frameworks seem like a great thing; unfortunately, that’s not the case.“

The biggest drawback I see is the reduction in semantic markup.  YUI-based HTML pages look like a total mess to the uninitiated.  Any insight?  Any strong feelings one way or another?

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