Firebug says “No Javascript on this page”, even though JavaScript does exist on the page

Question

Why does Firebug say there is No Javascript on this page when there are clearly loads of JavaScript on the page. I even reloaded the page several time to make s

Answer 1

One time this caught me out was when I published one of my sites and I was checking it out. No Javascript was working, there were no errors in the console and firebug showed no scripts.

It turned out that in that instance, I'd forgotten to allow the site in NoScript - so there really were no scripts being loaded.

Not sure if that's the problem you're facing but it's worth being aware of.