That wouldn't cause over 3,000 people to get kicked off well after the maintenance started... no, cause it can, depends what stage there at, how many login servers have been taken down ect.
Doubt it, they said that the trade things comes in today, and they wont update two days in a row. Not really much of an update tho, most of it has been in the game since before xmas. So there may be a possiblity of a quest or other update along with it.
Javascript can do time functions, but i would prefer flash or java much more accurate and better GUIs. *edit* Heres what i just made for my web client, uses javascript & PHP. Gets population then calculates time, also going to factor in population changes to get it as accurate as possible.
Same, kinda annoying really happend twice now. Got fletching before capes when ppl actually gratz me on getting, nowadays i get called a noob if wear it :evil: And my range cape aint worth wearing now without someone saying nice chins...