title: Controlling poll frequency of browser.wait() (Fluent Wait)
body: <p><strong>The Story:</strong></p>
  
  <p>In Java selenium language bindings there is a <a href="https://selenium.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/docs/api/java/org/openqa/selenium/support/ui/FluentWait.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>FluentWait</code> class</a>, that allows to tightly control how the expected condition would be checked:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Each FluentWait instance defines the maximum amount of time to wait
    for a condition, as well as the frequency with which to check the
    condition. Furthermore, the user may configure the wait to ignore
    specific types of exceptions whilst waiting, such as
    NoSuchElementExceptions when searching for an element on the page.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>In other words, it's possible to change the polling interval in which the expected condition check is applied, which is by default 500ms. Plus, it's possible to set exceptions to ignore.</p>
  
  <p>It is <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25727340/javas-fluentwait-in-python">also possible in Python</a>, there are relevant <code>poll_frequency</code> and <code>ignored_exceptions</code> arguments to <code>WebDriverWait</code> class.</p>
  
  <p><strong>The Question:</strong></p>
  
  <p>Is it possible to control the <em>poll frequency</em> in which the expected condition is verified when using <code>browser.wait()</code> in Protractor/WebDriverJS?</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p>According to the <a href="http://angular.github.io/protractor/#/api?view=webdriver.WebDriver.prototype.wait" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>browser.wait()</code> documentation</a>, there are only 3 possible arguments: a function which is an expected condition, a timeout value and an optional timeout error message. I hope there is a different setting or way to change the poll frequency.</p>