How to use Function.delay
Saw jQuery doTimeout (http://benalman.com/code/projects/jquery-dotimeout/examples/debouncing/) and couldn't help myself ...
by rpflorence
HTML
<p id=mirror>Type Stuff!</p>
<p><input type=text id=input></p>
<p id=mirrormirror>Type Stuff!</p>
JavaScript
var default_text = $('mirror').get('text')
$('input').addEvent('keyup', function(){
var mirror = $('mirror')
// obj.method(args)
// becomes ...
// obj.method.delay(milliseconds, bind, args)
mirror.set.delay(250, mirror, ['text', this.get('value') || default_text])
});
// or
$('input').addEvent('keyup', function(){
(function(){
$('mirrormirror').set('text', this.get('value') || default_text)
}).delay(500, this)
});