vs. . Which to use?

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When looking at most sites (including SO), most of them use:

<input type="button" />

instead of:

<button></button>
  • What are the main differences between the two, if any?
  • Are there valid reasons to use one instead of the other?
  • Are there valid reasons to use combine them?
  • Does using <button> come with compatibility issues, seeing it is not very widely used?

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  • Here’s a page describing the differences (basically you can put html into a <button></button>)
  • And another page describing why people avoid <button></button> (Hint: IE6)

Another IE problem when using <button />:

And while we’re talking about IE, it’s
got a couple of bugs related to the
width of buttons. It’ll mysteriously
add extra padding when you’re trying
to add styles, meaning you have to add
a tiny hack to get things under
control.

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