OK, I think the true means that the client Javascript continues to execute while the server request loads. Is that right?

I think you're right. See this: [link]

t edit Oooh, a better link: [link]

drool....

MSI's MacBook Air Killer Is a Real Gas

Let's cut to the chase and hit you with the sell: The MSI X340 is a MacBook Air at half the price. Interested? R ead on.

Netbook shop MSI has deconstructed Apple's pioneering three-pound wedge and built what is, put simply, an amazingly credible knockoff. Like the Air, the X340 transcends many of the limitations of the netbook world, though it still has a few of its own flaws to contend with.

For starters, the X340 (aka the X Slim) is considerably better muscled than your typical netbook, featuring a glossy 13.4-inch (1366 x 768 pixels) screen, 320-GB hard drive and 2 GB of RAM. Like Apple's ultralight, it's incredibly thin — about 0.8 inches at its thickest —and it actually weighs slightly less than the Air, just 2.9 pounds. The only real departure from the Air's specs is the new 1.4-GHz ultra-low-voltage SU3500 chip, which is based on Intel's Core 2 Solo CPU. The Air offers a full Core 2 Duo, by contrast. Still, the SU3500 ekes a lot of performance out of its mere 5.5 watts of power: The X340's performance wasn't much worse than the MacBook Air's in our testing.

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Still, it's hard not to be enchanted with the X340, and that $900 price tag looks like a typo when it's put side by side with a $1,800 Air. Put simply: This laptop is a true head-turner, and if squeezing every last ounce out of your bankroll is your game, this is — by a wide margin — the best value going in the world of ultralights.

OMG GOOGLE WAVE: [link] (note: not yet available)

Woah.

I. know.

OMG GOOGLE WAVE:

!!!!!!!

Didja' know that in Firefox, Ctrl+Tab lets you move between tabs? I just found that out.

How long has that worked? I remember a few years ago being unhappy that didn't work....

More Javascript: How do you turn the cursor into an hourglass? I've found this:

document.body.style.cursor = "wait";

and

document.body.style.cursor = "default";

to turn the hourglass on and off, respectively, but that doesn't work here. Does the CSS CURSOR setting supersede this?

Wow, just these little hints about Google Wave are blowing my mind. The applications might just be endless.

I can easily see how this could completely surpass all existing online tabletop RPG tools, like Fantasy Grounds. I've signed up for beta info, so I'll hopefully get to see some of it in action soon.

Didja' know that in Firefox, Ctrl+Tab lets you move between tabs? I just found that out.

It just needs to go backward, too.