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wgt vs google chrome

• JackTaylor 225 Posts

  Tue, Mar 5 2013 6:59 PM

  I am not sure why everyone is talking about chrome and pepper flash. i think that issue went away months ago i have chrome and never did any disable or anything and it all works fine.

• arleen9190 33 Posts

  Tue, Mar 5 2013 7:15 PM

  whats pepper flash???

• Tightrope 1,072 Posts

  Tue, Mar 5 2013 7:40 PM

  I get a "lazy click" with pepperflash. Meter is smoother, but it does not react

• Jimbog1964 8,378 Posts

  Wed, Mar 6 2013 5:08 AM

  Well as for whether Pepper Flash should be disabled or not I don't really know as of now.  All I do know is that some time ago WGT were certainly telling people to do so.  I disabled mine and and Chrome just works fine as does WGT on it.  If the game is not working properly on your computer FAQs have minimum specs description and then other factors can come into play.  My meter started playing up huge at one point in time, but fortunately the kids also complained of poor WIFI certain parts of the house.  Quick call to the service provider and new router later all perfect again.  To test the router you can easily do speed tests and then also connect with an Ethernet cable to rule out wifi issues..................good luck!  My 2 pence worth!  

• Tightrope 1,072 Posts

  Wed, Mar 6 2013 6:22 AM

  No matter what browser, what OS, what connection,  what whatever, the meter will have good days and bad days. For some, a very low percentage I guess, it is always good. For most people it is often decent. For some it sucks most of the time. If WGT had some guts they would make a survey to find out how these percentages spread out.
  
  I have said it before and I say it again - they have simply put too much complexity in that meter to make it stable. Easiest proof of that is that it does not work in the iPhones either and there is no Flash there. Nothing to tweak either. There is no doubt that they are aware of the fact that their meter sucks. What reason they have to ignore it is a mystery.

   

  WGT - get rid of those f**k**g gradients in the meter, it would in one go make the meter a LOT better for everyone!

• Steve442 710 Posts

  Wed, Mar 6 2013 2:38 PM

  Tightrope:

  Easiest proof of that is that it does not work in the iPhones either and there is no Flash there.

  Now there's a shock!

• Tightrope 1,072 Posts

  Wed, Mar 6 2013 2:56 PM

  Steve442:

  Now there's a shock!

  Maybe you think I did not realize that WGT does not work with iPhone, but then on the other hand maybe you did not realize that WGT has released a iPhone version? Which, of course, is not Flash based. Hence - Flash is not the problem.

• TarheelsRule 5,594 Posts

  Wed, Mar 6 2013 3:01 PM

  I actually used Google Chrome with good results for a while.  About 6 months ago I started having problems with it and switched to Marthon which fixed all the issues.

  Today I have a good ISP speed and a fast computer.  The only issue that I have is with load errors.  I get them 4 to 5 times a day.  Sometimes after trying to load 3 times the error fixes itself and I can go on.  Other times I have to completely log off WGT and log back on to get the error to clear.   Anyone with any experience or knowledge in this area, I would appreciate you help.

• Tightrope 1,072 Posts

  Wed, Mar 6 2013 3:13 PM

  TarheelsRule:

  Today I have a good ISP speed and a fast computer.  The only issue that I have is with load errors.  

  Cache (clear). Ad blocker (change or disable). There is also a lot of connection speed test sites you can try to determine the performance of your ISP. Results will not be valid in all areas of the world, but WGT uses a distributed system that should give you a decent connection point at most places on our planet.

• RKPayne 213 Posts

  Wed, Mar 6 2013 8:04 PM

  Just a note:  I use a 1 gig RAM computer, XP operating system, 3.2ghz processer, and run IE 8. I run ccCleaner and clear all cache every day. I also run Game Booster 3. As long as I do that, my meter is very smooth probably 90-95 percent of the time. It seems like when my wife and daughter both get on the WIFI heavy with their iPads I may get a small amount of meter misbehavior. But don't know if that's what causes it or not. The router is connected to my desktop where I play, so I'm not sure if network activity would bother it or not. I also have, and have tried, Maxthon 3 and Chrome, but IE works best for me.

  Cheers,

  Bob Payne