Features / Usability

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>

	/* EDITABLE VARIABLES */
	var msgLoad = 'Please wait...';
	var msgError = 'Error: Unable to load recent threads!';
	var timeLimit = 3;

	/* Leave these as they are. */
	var timeWaited = 0;
	var timeIncrement = 100;
	var timeDivisor = 1000/timeIncrement;

	function checkStatus()
	{
		txt = document.getElementById('recent').innerText;
		if (txt != msgLoad && txt != msgError)
		{document.getElementById('loading').style.display = 'none';}
		else if (txt == msgLoad && timeWaited/timeDivisor >= timeLimit)
		{document.getElementById('recent').innerText = msgError;}
		else
		{setTimeout("timeWaited++;checkStatus()",timeIncrement);}
	}

	setTimeout("checkStatus();",1);

<div id="recent">
	<div id="loading">Please wait...</div>
	
</div>