Persistent difficulty with gmail, google search

[jjhunter]

In the last few weeks I've on-again, off-again difficulty accessing gmail and google search using Firefox with NoScript active (and no corresponding problems using Safari on the same laptop). Sometimes this takes the form of gmail/google.com simply not loading at all, but never quite reaching the point of hitting an error page; other times gmail might load, but then certain icon boxes are blank (though clicking on them will still archive/delete/etc. if I'm brave enough to try) and the background is neutral instead of displaying the usual image of pebbles. I've also noticed in the latter case that the little status image in the url bar will continue to swirl even after gmail has presumably finished loading. When I go to my white list under NoScript Options, gmail.com and gstatic.com are permanently allowed, and google.com and googleapis.com have temporary permissions.

I haven't had much luck searching this support forum for users having similar issues; can anyone suggest where I should start in terms of trouble-shooting this? It's gone from temporary 'bother-time-to-switch-between-browsers-again' annoyance to actively concerning.

[Thrawn]

Some things to try/check:

• What entries are blocked, including on the Recently Blocked Sites submenu and the Blocked Objects submenu?
• Is there anything in Tools-Web Developer-Error Console? Ignore the warnings, but please post any NoScript-related Error or Info entries.
• It sounds like you're using a Gmail theme of some kind. Does the problem persist if you disable it?
• Can you create a new profile, install only NoScript on it, and see whether the problem persists?

See how you go with these. If nothing helps, we can look at further options. NB I use Gmail, and I've not had this trouble, so I don't think it's a general NoScript issue.

[Tom T.]

You can get rid of the Google search problem forever, and keep a lot more of your privacy, by switching to https://startpage.com.