I'm new at this rooting thing and ordered some cuttings off ebay.  I tried using the "new baggie method", rooting the cuttings in pure perlite (from miracle gro) in a clear plastic bin in front of a semi-sunny window.  The cuttings were dormant when I received them but have since popped out some little leaves.  I've been keeping the humidity pretty high (90+%) and open the bin every day or couple of days to air it out.  I do see condensation on the bags so I believe they are moist enough.

Condensation in the bags is on the verge of too much moisture, but it can also be too much moisture, it depends on the quantity of condensation, the size of the drops, the rooting medium used and the surrounding conditions.

I personally feel like 90% humidity is too high, 70-75% is a little closer to ideal from my experiences.

Direct sunlight on the bin is bad news, unless you want to cook your cuttings, always use indirect light when rooting - why does a cutting with no or very small leaves need direct sunlight, when it's getting all of its energy from inside the wood?  Avoid fertilizers too, it's like giving meth to an infant.

If you want a time scale for 'fairly ideal' conditions with my stuff this year, see this thread:  http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5137445

If you haven't done any damage already - like cooking your cuttings, or overwatering - you should start seeing roots in the next 2-3 weeks, but that depends on several variables. 

FWIW, It's been about 5-6 weeks for me, and I still have about 30 of 70 cuttings that are showing zero or very few hair-fine roots.  The others are in various ranges of one fat root to several roots.

Pretty much what Jason said.
This is my first year playing around with figs too and I was like you, but on steroids, I checked my cuttings 2-3 times a day, and even uncovered some to check for roots every 48 hrs. I've grown from that. haha. But pretty much it takes time and a lot of patience and hopefully good rooting conditions.

I usually check my cuttings once every 5-7 days (I guess my thread might indicate that).  This year, it's mostly been checking on a friday, a saturday or a sunday, sometimes on a monday if I'm behind.  When I know I have some stuff ready to pot, a lot of times I'll check all of them, so maybe I'm fibbing a bit and I actually check twice a week lately ;)

Chances are that nothing is going to change in less than 3-4 days at a time, so checking daily or multiple times per day is probably overkill and may actually cause more harm than good.

When I'm getting started in the first couple weeks, it's not uncommon for me to lift the lid and use it to fan the bin for 5-10 seconds to push fresh air in, then put it back on (cracked 1/2" or so at the corners).  I don't usually bother with checking roots till 2-3 weeks in, and I'll check once or twice a week.

(I sure hope more people come in and give their subjective opinion, just so I'm not one of the only two voices you hear from)

My take is the Perlite from Miracle-Gro.

It's laced with fertilizer, being that it would be mixed with soil. The bag I have ( which I did not use for my cuttings, so there is no confusion) has very little in the way of coarse perlite, so any amount fine dust will cause it to compact like cement around your cutting. I have plain perlite but i shake as much of the dust and fine particles out with a colander.

This will cause either no moisture to get to cutting or to trap too much against the cutting.

I tried the perlite method and it didn't work for me but others use it with very good results.

But I am a little confused!

Are the cuttings in perlite in a bag that's in a bin?

Right now I am trying some cuttings in a bin with sphagnum moss.
-Just soaked the moss in water and layered it around the cutting in a cup. 3 weeks later I have roots about an inch long. Should have gotten to them before that. At this state I find them to be very fragile.  This is my first time with moss. Bought it at Home Depot.

Bin temp has been at about 70 to 72, but I keep my humidity at 90 to 100%.
I water less but my cuttings mold easier. New leaves can turn mushy and I constantly have to nip off with fingers, but overall success so far. By pinching, I have caused the cutting to put out more branches and leaves at lower points.

My rooting mix is 50/50 perlite and vermiculite with just a little bit of ground coir that was in the bottom of the bucket. Last year I used just perlite and did have success. I would counsel patience. Even my brown turkey cuttings will take awhile. Figs are very vigorous and rarely let us down.

Wow, thanks for all the replies.  I'll try to cut down on the humidity a bit to get it to the 70-80% range.  I've lost 2-3 cuttings to mold but the rest look good and not even a hint of mold.  I was sure to clean them well before putting them in the perlite.  

Just a quick update, I saw my first roots today!  I'll post some pictures if I get any more roots.

IMO, it's too early - I never pinch growth; only baby figs.  Internal energy stores used for figs at that size is energy wasted; internal energy stores used to produce shoots and leaves (which will in turn generate energy) makes sense.

You won't need to start shaping your tree at that size, either - just another reason why pinching wouldn't make sense at this size.