ChaseFlorell

// tries to execute the uri:scheme
function uriSchemeWithHyperlinkFallback(uri, href) {
    // set up a timer and start it
    var start = new Date().getTime(), 
        end, 
        elapsed;

    // attempt to redirect to the uri:scheme
    // the lovely thing about javascript is that it's single threadded.
    // if this WORKS, it'll stutter for a split second, causing the timer to be off