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I cannot so any clear advantage over simple_form here.

Only seems more complicated and a total overkill. Reminds me of Zend Framework (php) where you would need to write 60 loc to add a simple form with two fields.

As a Zend Framework refugee, I agree. View stuff belongs in the view.

Additionally, for those of us who works with designers, this gets in the way. My designer-colleague is comfortable editing HAML by now; I want to give him the templates and let him move things around without having to involve me for things like where a label should be.

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