Java script turned off

I have been using Firefox for 3 years with no problem until recently.
There used to be an icon on the right side bottom page named "Options"
when gmail is displayed in Firefox. Whenever I click on a weblink and
nothing happens all I have to do is click on this Option and select
"allow java script" and new webpage is displayed without any problems.

Now whenever i go to Gmail via Firefox, message says that "java script
is turned off" and needs to be turned on again in order for Gmail to
work properly. When I click on TOOLS , then OPTIONS and then CONTENT,
it shows both boxes of Enable Java and Java Script selected. So how is
it possible to be disabled.

If I use Internet Explorer to access Gmail instead of Google and
Firefox I do not get this problem. How do I restore the Java script
with Google / Firefox? As they say in King & I "its a puzzlement !!"
that is driving me bonkers. Can any one help!!

Kegan

<kegan1230 wrote...[color=blue]
> Now whenever i go to Gmail via Firefox, message says that "java script
> is turned off" and needs to be turned on again in order for Gmail to
> work properly. When I click on TOOLS , then OPTIONS and then CONTENT,
> it shows both boxes of Enable Java and Java Script selected. So how is
> it possible to be disabled.[/color]

Hi Kegan,
On the Content tab next to the java script is an Exceptions button
check that.

Do you have a Noscript extension installed.

--
HTH,
David McRitchie,
Firefox Custom: [url]http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/firefox.htm[/url]

On Aug 24, 2:37 am, "David McRitchie" <nospam@nospam> wrote:[color=blue]
> <kegan1230 wrote...[color=green]
> > Now whenever i go to Gmail via Firefox, message says that "java script
> > is turned off" and needs to be turned on again in order for Gmail to
> > work properly. When I click on TOOLS , then OPTIONS and then CONTENT,
> > it shows both boxes of Enable Java and Java Script selected. So how is
> > it possible to be disabled.[/color]
>
> Hi Kegan,
> On the Content tab next to the java script is an Exceptions button
> check that.
>
> Do you have a Noscript extension installed.
>
> --
> HTH,
> David McRitchie,
> Firefox Custom: [url]http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/firefox.htm[/url][/color]

Hi David,

You are a life saver. After 2 weeks of frustration struggling with the
problem, you have correctly identified it was a Noscript problem. I
found it was there but corrupted, so I reinstalled it and now it is
back to normal again.
Many thanks,
Kegan

<Kegan1230 wrote ......[color=blue]
> On Aug 24, 2:37 am, "David McRitchie" <nospam@nospam> wrote:[color=green]
>> <kegan1230 wrote...[color=darkred]
>> > Now whenever i go to Gmail via Firefox, message says that "java script
>> > is turned off" and needs to be turned on again in order for Gmail to
>> > work properly. When I click on TOOLS , then OPTIONS and then CONTENT,
>> > it shows both boxes of Enable Java and Java Script selected. So how is
>> > it possible to be disabled.[/color]
>>
>> Hi Kegan,
>> On the Content tab next to the java script is an Exceptions button
>> check that.
>>
>> Do you have a Noscript extension installed.[/color]
>
> Hi David,
>
> You are a life saver. After 2 weeks of frustration struggling with the
> problem, you have correctly identified it was a Noscript problem. I
> found it was there but corrupted, so I reinstalled it and now it is
> back to normal again.[/color]

Hi Kegan,
If you have problems with other extensions, toolbars, bookmarks you
might have (have had) a corrupted localstore.rdf file in your profile
the
fix is to remove it, which can be easily done in Safe Mode, but
you would lose your toolbar customizations so you should take a
picture of your toolbars first so you can use View, toolbars, customize
to put them back as you want them later.
[url]http://kb.mozillazine.org/Corrupt_localstore.rdf[/url]
[url]http://kb.mozillazine.org/Localstore.rdf[/url]
which are part of
[url]http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox[/url]

Reinstalling an extension(s) as you did, may have have solved
the corruption. The corrupted localstore.rdf can happen at
any time, but seems to happen mostly after installing a lot of new
extensions, or upgrading Firefox version.

Forcing Firefox to recreate localstore.rdf
is something I've done immediately after most Firefox updates starting
with 2.0 but I don't recall doing it for 2.0.0.6 nor for 2.0.0.7.
Clearing cache, I do regularly.

MozillaZine seems to be down at the moment, try again later, getting
(110) Connection timed out

--
HTH,
David McRitchie,
Firefox Custom: [url]http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/firefox.htm[/url]