How do I prevent the slow script warning and force the browser to continue running script until it's finished?
<p>Rather than get overly specific to my problem, I'll keep this generic so other people who stumble upon this can find it useful. </p>

<p>I have a function that accepts one parameter, a string. If the string is short the function runs fine and completes in a  timely fashion. If, however, the string that's passed in is too long the script runs for a bit, then eventually times out and returns the browser's slow script dialog that allows the user to kill the script. </p>

<p>I would like to disable that from happening so the script can continue to its terminus.</p>

<p>How can this be done? </p>

<p>A side note: If I can get this working, I would also like to make a status bar, similar to the one you see when loading gmail, appear so the user knows things are happening. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>
