[htmltmpl] form replacement

[Rajeev P. <rp....@ya...>]

Hello,
 
This is not exactly related to html::template, but i could not find where to post this question:
 
is 'html form'  the only way to get data from user?
 
<form name..... >
</form>
 
can't we use something else?
 
thank you.
Rajeev