I cannot find how can I attach an timeout option to the Ajax prototype call or wha开发者_高级运维t is the default value for it.
There doesn't seem to be specific timeout functionality in Prototype yet. It seems to be definitely in the works, see Prototype Ticket #220. I'm guessing it is using whatever browser-wide global timeout there is for XMLHTTPRequests.
JQuery seems to have this built in.
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