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A couple of days ago my iGoogle page stopped working properly - only 2 of the frames display, the others look blocked. Disabling NoScript doesn't help, but if I uninstall it altogether the page works perfectly so there's something going on!

Firefox 3.6.13, OSX 10.6.6, NoScript 2.0.9.8

Any ideas?

Do you mean disabling NoScript from Tools|Add-ons and restarting the browser make no difference?
It would be extremely weird.

If I disable NoScript in Addons then the problem goes away. Sorry, I should have been clearer. I meant if I tell NoScript to allow everything it still doesn't work. FF updated to 3.6.14 this morning but still the same problem. My Win 7 computer which has the same config works fine - tbh NoScript is more essential on that machine

I've had the odd thing like this before and it usually goes away after one of your regular updates, I just thought I'd flag it up for you. Thanks for a great app!

Could you update to latest development build and see if the problem goes away?
If not, could you check Tools|Error Console, filter by "Messages" (blue, NOT errors) and look for line beginning with "[NoScript" or "[ABE"?
What are the widgets which cannot be displayed?

Just now happened to me... igoogle has worked forever, now all the sections are blank... I changed nothing, but something changed... if I disable No Script it all works properly... when I re-enable it, igoogle sections are blank again... tried the latest build, does not help...

Are the following domains allowed:

gstatic.com
gmodules.com
googleusercontent.com

because that will make it work (in addition to any other module that is custom made and needs to draw from another site to deliver content).

HOWEVER, I can confirm that if you have something like Ghostery blocking "Google Widgets", you will get nothing but blanks. Without that blocking, EVERYTHING loads fine. IT IS NOT a NoScript issue, PERIOD, so stop making Giorgio run in circles for something that doesn't affect him. If you want to use Ghostery or similar and want your iGoogle to work too, then either put "Google Widgets" on the whitelist in THAT addon, or whitelist the domain's use of that in THAT addon, it will work fine. If you don't know how, then I can give you a small amount of courtesy help but you should really contact the makers of those addons to get the proper assistance.

Definitely something going on with iGoogle. I noticed issues with gadgets, but the following may be more useful for troubleshooting.

System config:
Windows 7 SP1
Firefox 3.6.17
NoScript whitelist sites include
gmodules.com
google.com
googleapis.com
googleusercontent.com
gstatic.com

Steps to reproduce issue:
Use Firefox Safe Mode shortcut
Choose "permanently disable all add ons" and start Firefox
Enable NoScript (requires Firefox restart)
Log in to iGoogle
Attempt to change settings (click on the gear in the upper right corner and choose iGoogle settings)
iGoogle responds that I have been signed out and need to sign in.

Normal behavior would be to take me to the settings page - that's what happens if NoScript is disabled. Problem behavior is 100% reproducable for me.

I'll try this from work (Windows XP) and see if there's any difference.

It's working fine for me.
Could you try NoScript Options|Export and NoScript Options|Reset, then reallowing the aforementioned domains?

Clearing the NoScript options fixed the problem I described and appears to have fixed the problem I was having with iGoogle widgets. If when I find the option that was causing the problem I'll post it for future reference.

Thanks, Giorgio!

I spent quite a while on this today, but wasn't able to track down the precise option causing the problem. I was trying to split the options text file in pieces and selectively import portions, but I suspect in the process I separated dependencies. I also notice that Giorgio pushed out an update today, so that may have had some impact as well. In any case I seem to have fixed the issue and recovered most of my previous settings.