button tag

[allspiritseve]

I read somewhere recently that the button tag was improved and more semantically correct than input type="submit". I like that it's easy to specify a key/value pair separate from what's actually displayed on the button. However, I noticed on w3schools that in IE, the contents of the tag will be submitted, rather than the value attribute. Which should I use? Should I go back to my old name="action[value]" trick? IE:

<button type="submit" name="action" value="Save">Save Page</button>

vs

<input type="submit" name="action[save]" value="Save Page" />

[AutisticCuckoo]

<button> is not more semantically correct than <input>. They are equally semantic, just with slightly different purposes.

A <button> can have richer content – even block-level elements! – but it's not as well supported as <input>. Especially in IE.

Use <input type="submit"> when you can, and <button type="submit"> when you have to. That's my advice (which I live by, myself).

[cooper.semantics]

I agree with Tommy. I found a pretty neat presentation you might find of interest
http://nickcowie.com/presentation/s5-button.html

[czissis]

Use <input type="submit">, do not use <button>