Add a countdown timer when waiting to retry connection.
WebSocket: call `start` which is now required by core code.
timetext: Use proper plural-noop function.

Closure compiler is correctly stripping away the no-op function here
long before the string extractor sees it.
timetext: Defer initial refresh until document ready.

This ensures that all translations are available before we try to use
them. I like to call the bug this fixes "flash of untranslated content".