[Bug 16298] New: editorial - inadequate description of timeout attribute

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=16298

           Summary: editorial - inadequate description of timeout
                    attribute
           Product: WebAppsWG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
               URL: http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/xhr/raw-file/8d4e9ccfdbd4/Overvi
                    ew.html
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: XHR
        AssignedTo: annevk@opera.com
        ReportedBy: glenn@skynav.com
         QAContact: public-webapps-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-webapps@w3.org


the timeout attribute needs to be better described to communicate a sense of
its intended purpose; at present, section 4.7.3 only says "The amount of
milliseconds a request can take before being terminated."

this does not really communicate its intended usage; it would be useful to
qualify "being terminated" (e.g., under what circumstances) and also indicate
difference in meaning when used with synchronous versus asynchronous requests

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Received on Saturday, 10 March 2012 00:33:23 UTC