On Jan 21, 2008 9:27 PM, Justin Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1) Delayed start of the Ajax requests
> 2) Max frequency, when using decay
>
> I use Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater a lot, but two things that I've never liked is
> the immediate start of the Ajax request and the infinite growth of the
> frequency that the decay option introduces.
>
> I noticed that the infinite growth problem was tackled with a patch quite a
> while ago, but it never made it into the final release for one reason or
> another (maybe because it turned into a debate about variable names). Here
> is the ticket:  http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/8184
>
> Here is are two small wrap methods I use to enhance the current version of
> Prototype's Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater (1.6.0.1):
> http://pastie.textmate.org/141709
>
> The code that precedes the call to updateComplete() is admittedly
> convoluted, but it was the best I could do without overwriting the entire
> method.

What about

  if (this.options.decay) this.decay =
Math.max(this.options.maxFrequency || -Infinity,
this.options.maxFrequency / this.frequency / this.options.decay);

Gotta love Infinity :)
(haven't tested it, but my mind tells me it should work)

> You may have seen my previous thread asking about using delay() in
> conjunction with apply(), which I want to use in the wrapped start() method.
> Since Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater#start () accepts no arguments, it's not really
> needed, but I'm still curious about that one.
>
> Is this list a good medium to discuss this sort of thing or should I just be
> submitting tested patches and hoping they find there way into a future
> release?

I would discuss these sort of things in prototype-core

Best,
-Nicolas

> -justin
>  >
>

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