NoScript blocks certain websites for me

[QwertyOne]

I have to switch to Internet Explorer to view certain pages like this

http://community.us.playstation.com/t5/ ... -p/7662312

Whenever I attempt to view it on Firefox, all I can see is the black background for the website.

How do I fix NoScript so I can view pages like this without disabling it?

[Tom T.]

I was able to reproduce your problem on the version of Fx you are using, 3.6.28.
When I switched to the currently-supported version, Fx 15.0.1, the site seemed to work fine after allowing, or temp-allowing,

+http://community.us.playstation.com
+http://playstationna.i.lithium.com
+https://secure.webassets.scea.com

Many sites are no longer coding for obsolete browsers. Mozilla support for Fx 3 ended quite some time ago. It is risky to use browsers that no longer receive security updates. I don't like Fx 4+ personally, but it's safer, and the site works. Update to 15.0.1

To prove that this is not a NoScript problem per se, you *might* wish to temporarily disable NoScript and try the site again, although that too is risky (disabling NS). I think my test cases prove it, though.

If you don't wish to install Fx 15 permanently on your machine, a portable, self-contained version that can run from a thumb drive is available at no cost (donations accepted) at PortableApps.com. (I/we are not affiliated with that site.)

[QwertyOne]

Thanks for the info. When I right click on the No Script icon, I do not see options to allow

+http://community.us.playstation.com
+http://playstationna.i.lithium.com
+https://secure.webassets.scea.com

Would I have to add these links to the whitelist?

I dislike Fx 4 as well which is why I reinstalled 3.6.28. If I run Fx 15 from a USB drive while still having 3.6.28 installed on my computer, will I be able to use No Script for Fx 15 as well?

[therube]

No reason that you shouldn't be able see those sites to allow.
In any case, the page does not work in FF 3.6.28, so even if you could it would be for not.

[Thrawn]

I dislike Fx 4 as well which is why I reinstalled 3.6.28. If I run Fx 15 from a USB drive while still having 3.6.28 installed on my computer, will I be able to use No Script for Fx 15 as well?

If it's the portable version of Firefox, then yes, you can use both, but if I'm not mistaken, there may be some interaction between the two; I think portable Firefox tries to share your installed addons by default. So you may have complications.

Since you're on Windows, if you really don't want to move to Firefox 4+, then you could try Pale Moon.

[Tom T.]

Thanks for the info. When I right click on the No Script icon, I do not see options to allow

+http://community.us.playstation.com
+http://playstationna.i.lithium.com
+https://secure.webassets.scea.com

On Fx 3.6.28, I saw them in the NoScript Menu (hover or click on the NoScript icon in the top or bottom bar, as applicable). I temporarily allowed them, but the screen was just black. So I believe they chose simply not to code for the older Firefox any longer.

Would I have to add these links to the whitelist?

On the new browser, it would be your choice whether to permanently whitelist them or to use Temporarily Allow each time you visit.
Presumably, as a PlayStation user, you trust their own site.

If you want to be fancy about the other two script sources, you could use ABE to restrict their permissions to this site only, or to any other sites where they're truly needed.

Note that whitelisting http://playstationna.i.lithium.com is much more restrictive (hence safer) than merely whitelisting lithium.com, because the latter allows the entire lithium.com universe, versus just the playstation subdomain of it.

I dislike Fx 4 as well which is why I reinstalled 3.6.28. If I run Fx 15 from a USB drive while still having 3.6.28 installed on my computer, will I be able to use No Script for Fx 15 as well?

I've been running portables alongside native installs for years. Sometimes simultaneously, e. g., to diagnose issues just like yours. The portable Firefox to which I linked has its own self-contained profile, so there is no conflict with the installs on your hard drive. You can choose which add-ons (certainly NoScript! ) to add to that profile, which will be independent from the F3 profile.

The portable will detect plug-ins installed on your HD, such as Flash and Java, and will use those.
I just tested Flash by simultaneously playing two different YouTube videos, one on each browser (portable, native).
The sound was interesting , but they both played without problem.

I use Java only rarely, and at only one site. Based on the Flash test, it might work, although it's much more complex than Flash. But it's hard to picture needing it simultaneously at two different sites.

Note that all of the above applies to using your thumb-drive portable on a friend's machine: Your Fx Portable is completely independent of the host machine, even if your friend uses only IE. However, the friend would need compatible installs of Flash, Java, etc. if you needed those plug-ins while using that machine.