# Why ion-list?

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/why-ion-list/32434>\
**Category:** ionic-v1\
**Created:** [September 15, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/why-ion-list/32434 "2015-09-15T06:01:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yue\_Hong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/65b543/32.png) [@Yue\_Hong](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Yue_Hong)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/why-ion-list/32434/1 "2015-09-15T06:01:02Z")

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In Ionic, we can do something like this for the list view:

```
<ion-list>
        <ion-item href="#">
            Butterfinger
        </ion-item>
    </ion-list>

```

And also like this:

```
<div class="list">
        <a class="item" href="#">
            Butterfinger
        </a>
    </div>

```

These 2 basically output the same layout. What is the difference between these 2? Will do it with the `div` method will result in better performance? If so, then why `ion-list`?