Question

Is there a way to set the timeout period in $.get() ?

As I want my script to give a warning that loading is taking some time (perhaps due to a busy server or whatever)
Can’t seem to find it anywhere..

Answer 1

Just use $.ajax(...):

$.ajax({
   url: url,
   success: function(data){
        //...
   },
   timeout: 1000 //in milliseconds
});

Also as stated below in the comments you can use .ajaxSetup(...) to apply the timeout globally:

$.ajaxSetup({timeout:1000}); //in milliseconds