Svelte asp.net: avoiding <form runat=”server”>

Postbacks in ASP.NET have a pretty heavy cost in terms of page size. Add a &lt;form runat=”server”&gt; tag and now you have a big ugly viewstate tag to lug around each time you load a new page. Using a regular &lt;form&gt; tag with a post or get method can sometimes give you the functionality you need without the overhead of all the postback functionality.