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Why webdesigner use this
it might be due to the box model problems of IE. You cant apply a width and margin/padding to a div without it screwing up, so you define the width on the "header" div and define padding/margin on the "inside" div.
Read this for more info http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/box.html