local host:8888 , The server is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later!, why?

[appinventorlearner]

local host:8888 , The server is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later!, why?
Is there problem in the install or in the web

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Site could be busy or down.

 

[das_stig]

Anything trying to communicate on localhost (http/127.0.0.1), is looking for a server connection on your PC, could be a virus, game software, web server and the like.

 

[rgd1101]

What are you trying to do? starting a local web server?

 

[randomizer]

If this is something you started yourself, you probably want localhost:8888 (no space after "local"). If this isn't something you started yourself, kick off your virus scanner.