// Bryan Schumaker (12 / 27 / 2010) function set_attr(attr) { var req = new XMLHttpRequest(); req.onreadystatechange = function() { if (req.readyState == 4 && req.status == 200) { document.getElementById(attr).innerHTML = req.responseText; } } req.open('GET', "controls.py?a=" + attr, true) req.send() setTimeout("set_attr(\"" + attr + "\")", 3000) } function do_request(action) { var http = new XMLHttpRequest(); http.open('GET', "controls.py?a=" + action, true); http.send(); return http; }