Would an exemption be appropriate for application types with accept and cancel buttons, and things that are very different from just text and verbiage?
One of the biggest parts of the look and feel component is to pull some of those design elements into a more simple style for all the different users of the site. That is why we consider the different kinds of menu options. There are other applications very similar to the kind that you are describing that have a lot of form elements with a lot of different options. In most circumstances, all of those elements would fit into the content area for that specific application. For big applications, it may take some time to figure out how to make certain pieces or functionalities work.
