On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 7:51 AM, Ken Nelson <k...@pure3interactive.com> wrote:
> RE async: false being deprecated
>
> There's still occasionally a need for a call from client javascript back to
> server and wait on results. Example: an inline call from client javascript
> to PHP on server to authenticate an override password as part of a
> client-side operation. The client-side experience could be managed with a
> sane timeout param - eg return false if no response after X seconds (or ms).

Nothing prevents you from waiting on an XHR to return before
continuing.  Doing it with async operations is slightly more complex
than blocking with a sync operation, is all.

~TJ

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