Re: [w3ctag/design-reviews] <search> HTML element (Issue #714)

It seems obvious to me that the added complexity of making this inherit from `HTMLFormElement` is not worth the tiny benefit of saving one HTML element. 

However, it does trouble me a little that the entire reason this element exists is to have `role="search"`. This makes it less attractive for authors, and makes it less likely to be used. That said, `<nav>` which also only exists to have `role="navbar"`, [is used in almost 2 out of 3 pages](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ta5Ck7y3W6LCn2CeGtW7dAdLF6Lh5wV2UBQJZTz3W5Q/edit#gid=1883388700), so perhaps that won't be an issue. However, if there's anything useful this element could do, it would certainly be better for adoption.

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