getElementByID?

[Webskater]

Can anyone tell me what you use

document.getElementById("");

for.

What is the difference between this and

document.actualIDofsomething

Thanks for any help.

[requestcode]

This tutorial on the DOM might help:
http://javascriptkit.com/javatutors/dom.shtml

[pyro]

getElementById() is the DOM compatable way to reference an object, while document.idname is IE only...