[eluser]osci[/eluser]
I don't use html helper or form_helper too, except for the automatic production of the csfr form_open, base_url, anchor modified to suit my needs (I want empty title, it doesn't), but that's about it.
But jmadsen you made me think a little deeper and proved me wrong.
I should be using these helper functions more, I should eliminate all real html in fact. What would be the benefit? I could make a user edited configuration of css classes to be used in the views through the usual $extra param. Such a theme could be more configurable from a user perspective. So it opens new perspectives.
So the helpers will make my coding life even happier.
Interesting point don't you think?
And as theprodigy stated I don't have to rely on them. My front could still be the same if it didn't really fit the need to use them.