Refresh quicker until daemon is online.

app/plugins/Wallet/js/lifecycle.js

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 var blockheight = 0;
 
+// How often /wallet updates
+var refreshRate = 500; // half-second
+var finalRefreshRate = 1000 * 60 * 5; // five-minutes
+
 // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Updating  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 // Make API calls, sending a channel name to listen for responses
 function update(address) {
@@ -13,8 +17,7 @@ function update(address) {
 		type: 'GET',
 	}, 'update-address');
 
-	updating = setTimeout(update, 60000 * 5); // update every 5 min
-	return;
+	updating = setTimeout(update, refreshRate);
 }
 
 // Add transactions to view list per address
@@ -24,7 +27,6 @@ addResultListener('update-address', function(result) {
 	result.addresses.forEach( function (address) {
 		appendAddress(address);
 	});
-	return;
 
 	/* Fetch all wallet transactions by iterate over wallet addresses
 	var loopmax = result.addresses.length;
@@ -46,8 +48,20 @@ function updateAddrTxn(addr) {
 	}, 'update-history');
 }
 
-// Update wallet summary in header
+// Update transaction history and addresses
 addResultListener('update-status', function(wallet) {
+	refreshRate = finalRefreshRate; // slow down after first successful call
+
+	// Show correct lock status.
+	// TODO: If the wallet is encrypted, prompt with a pw.
+	if (!wallet.encrypted) {
+		setUnencrypted();
+	} else if (!wallet.unlocked) {
+		setLocked();
+	} else if (wallet.unlocked) {
+		setUnlocked();
+	}
+
 	// Update balance confirmed and uncomfirmed
 	var bal = convertSiacoin(wallet.confirmedsiacoinbalance);
 	var pend = convertSiacoin(wallet.unconfirmedincomingsiacoins).sub(convertSiacoin(wallet.unconfirmedoutgoingsiacoins));
@@ -83,7 +97,6 @@ function appendAddress(addr) {
 	// Display address
 	eID('address-list').appendChild(addrElement);
 	show(addrElement);
-	return;
 }
 function getAddress(event) {
 	updateAddrTxn(event.target.id);
@@ -147,7 +160,6 @@ function appendTransaction(txn) {
 	// Display transaction
 	eID('transaction-list').appendChild(txnElement);
 	show(txnElement);
-	return;
 }
 
 // Update transaction history
@@ -172,27 +184,8 @@ function start() {
 	// DEVTOOL: uncomment to bring up devtools on plugin view
 	// IPC.sendToHost('devtools');
 
-	// Need to check if wallet's unencrypted
-	IPC.sendToHost('api-call', '/wallet', 'on-opened');
-}
-
-// First status call to diagnose the state of the wallet
-addResultListener('on-opened', function(result) {
-	wallet = result;
-
-	// Show correct lock status. TODO: If the wallet is encrypted, prompt with
-	// a pw.
-	if (!wallet.encrypted) {
-		setUnencrypted();
-   	} else if (!wallet.unlocked) {
-		setLocked();
-	} else if (wallet.unlocked) {
-		setUnlocked();
-	}
-
-	// Start updating
 	update();
-});
+}
 
 // Called upon transitioning away from this view
 function stop() {