"read localhost" appearing in status bar preventing page from fully loaded

Question

WIthout posting any code i was wondering if anyone might have an idea as to why "read localhost" would be appearing on the left hand side of the status bar (where "done" or "trasferring data from ..." usually is displayed.

Although the page is almost completely functional at this point it is preventing some javascript events from being binded.

Answer 1

Have you tried turning off Firebug?

In my case (detailed in the comment on the original question), I got this message in the Firefox status bar because it turns out I had set a breakpoint in Firebug's javascript debugger, but had minimised Firebug and forgotten about the breakpoint.