Neither is great practice, in my opinion. This page looks dated in its recommendations. Any sane JavaScript that works with DOM elements should use a DOM abst

Neither is great practice, in my opinion. This page looks dated in its recommendations. Any sane JavaScript that works with DOM elements should use a DOM abstraction like jQuery. Leave document.forms.fooinput.parentNode.firstChild.nextSibling.godhelpme to die in the grave of DHTML and incompatible DOMs from the IE6 era.