Currently, when you comment a long text the entire session time out and you get unable to upload the edited file.

If one did add a Ajax timer control, as the sample in http://ajax.net-tutorials.com/controls/timer-control/, it would make the session exist as long as the user / teacher did edit the documents.

If the Ajax timer is applied only in the DirectEdit-section, then only the editing function would be affected. When the user goes to another section of It's Learning or close the browser then the timer will not update - and you would get the normal timeout as usual.

We need DirectEdit functionality that is independant from Windows and Internet Explorer only.

it's learning is supposed to be platform independant, but has opted to keep one of the most useful features in teacher's daily work a Microsoft-only.

Many people use Firefox and some even Macs. We need the same functionality!