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 > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
