jQuery's AJAX polling

gistfile1.txt

$.ajax({
	url : "chatlog",
	success : function(message) {
		if (message && message.length) {
			var messagesDiv = $('#messages');
			messagesDiv.html(message);
			messagesDiv.animate({ scrollTop: messagesDiv.attr("scrollHeight") - messagesDiv.height() }, 150);
		}
		timer = poll();
	},
	error : function() {
		timer = poll();
	},
	cache : false
});