[Javascript] Question - Page Load Feedback

[weirdit at gmail.com (Timothy White)]

On 7/20/05, Mike Dougherty <mdougherty@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I didn't think the page was reloading.  I thought a content div was being repopulated by an
> xmlhttp call result.  It would be a good idea to have "normal" pages indentify that you were
> leaving them when going to a slow-loading next page.  I might employ the strategy you're
> describing on the next modification of our intranet site.  (we sometimes launch data-intensive
> applications that take 10-15 minutes before the page returns - the user is looking at the old page

How do you keep the page timing out? Unless your using xmlhttp
requests with return handlers?? IIRC most servers timeout after 5
minutes, the browser usually times out after 1.5 minutes of no data.

Tim