CSS served inline - why?

[Andreas]

It seems like most boards I come across serve their CSS inline.

It's just a few more KB/page that needs to be served, causing more traffic and slower page delivery.

So I always ask myself: Why do they do that?
Any idea?

[Reeve of shinra]

I do that with new sites as I work on things but after that it goes to the server.

[amykhar]

I think it might be because it's that way by default and many users don't know how to chmod the appropriate directory to make linked styles work.

[Xenon]

i agree with amy.

it's the default setting, and most admins don't know that this can be changed at all.