Javascript trick

I came across this trick for sneding POST data using javascript (no ajax or jquery needed)
http://mentaljetsam.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/using-javascript-to-post-data-between-pages/
in short
it creates a HTML form element,
creates input variables and sets their values
and submits the form.
of course no form appears anywhere on the page (not even hidden in the off screen areas)
is this a good idea
and can anyone think of anythign wrong with this?

Murray *ACP* omitted:
I was going to respond to your post to say that sooner or later you're going to have to get over your shun of javascript dependency, but I couldn't. Know why?.... because I couldn't reply in this forum with javascript disabled.
Murray wrote:
Point being that the majority of websites are totally dependent on the visitor having javascript enabled, which makes your reason a non-issue.
Perhaps you see this on the sites that you browse. I don't. It's an issue that needs to be raised - whether or not it fits your demographic and you therefore choose to follow it is up to you.
Take into consideration the part of my previous post I throughly explained which you conveniently omitted before the excerpt you decided to reply to. I'm wondering how were you able to respond to this post, on a website you browse, without the requirement of javascript? Perhaps you see this on websites you browse also... like THIS website. It's rather obvious that javascript will not be enabled for a user that has javascript disabled in their browser and thus goes without saying. However, what's worth mentioning is that it's not uncommon for websites to have absence of alternatives to javascript requirements for use.

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