[users@httpd] replacing html form?

[Rajeev Prasad]

Hello,
 
This is not exactly related to Apache, but i could not find where to post this 
question: (if you know any good HTML mailing list kindly let me know)
 
is 'html form'  the only way to get data from user?
 
<form name..... >
</form>
 
can't we use something else?
 
thank you.
Rajeev