No there is no point keeping the
form
tag in the HTML if you are not using the Form Submit. You can put everything inside a div and on the clock event You can retrieve the data and send it to the server.
But using form elements have their own advantages. It makes life a lot more easier. Its easier to collect the form data with
new Form()
object. If you dont want to submit the form you still can do that by preventing the default behavior of Form Submit.
$('form').submit(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
});
Hope this helps.