Tapatalk?

This still doesn't work for me on V4, just hangs on "Connecting to server". Annoying.
 
I've not had that date issue cider.
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Guys bear in mind that v4 is in Beta so, one might get some bugs. I'm running JB 4.2.2.

@cider: I was trying to find that thread to check but I think Irwyn replied.
 
ciderman9000000 said:
It might be worth you taking some time to get accustomed with Tapatalk. It doesn't seem a particularly endearing way to view the caf upon first sight, you lose the graphics and the feel of the place to an extent; but once you get over that you might find the positives outweighing the negatives.

Pros:
  • It's fast, very fast.
  • There are no awkward controls as are inherent in Desktop browsing on mobiles.
  • Videos and Pics are handled differently; more akin to Facebook app than standard browser embeds.
  • You can upload pics right from your phone's gallery.
  • Text entry is much smoother and phone friendly, more like your messaging apps than standard, often clunky browser methods.
  • It saves a hell of the lot of battery. browsers are notorious battery hogs; not so with Tapatalk, especially using dark-mode which looks better anyway.
  • It integrates with all your other apps better than browsers do.
  • Fundamentally it functions differently to a browser; Tapatalk is designed purely for forum viewing, and this specialisation is apparent in the user experience.
  • You can save unfinished posts to come back to later before posting.

Cons:
  • It doesn't look like the caf.
  • The smileys are different. There's no green smiley; it just says :lol
  • Some of the formatting fails to translate perfectly
  • The Tapatalk icon looks ugly
  • There are no details under member names in posts: post count, tagline etc.
  • Quotes don't look as obvious; it takes to bit of getting used to.
  • The settings seem rather limited.
  • You have to pay for new colour schemes.

    I'm sure others could add to each of these lists, but the above is my experience from using the app over the last couple of days + for a while when it first came to oldcaf. Overall I'd say that the cons for the most part can be forgotten about by simply getting used to a different way of viewing this caf; more issues of style rather substance - whereas the pros are genuinely useful features, especially so things like the battery saving, the speed and the better integration with other apps and keyboards.

    In short: Tapatalk is good, yo.
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Very helpful, cheers mate. I'll maybe give it another shot.

Now, who the feck are you and what have you done with the real Cider?
 
Is there anyway to split the conversations into pages? It's a pain having to scroll down on bug ones every time.
 
Grrr. So, they've disabled the free app again. When I click if now it brings me into the play store to buy one. I suppose I should pay for it but I never set up a Google wallet.
 
I still use tt2 paid version but they made me pay for tt4 again and it's horrible. If you are on tt2 stick to it Irwin.
 
digitalnirvana said:
I still use tt2 paid version but they made me pay for tt4 again and it's horrible. If you are on tt2 stick to it Irwin.
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Ciderman90210 said:
Yeah I download TT4 Beta and thought it was crap in comparison to TT2 so immediately deleted it.
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I'm not able to use the free version. It's the only one I have on my phone now. v4 1.3 is what it's trying to sell me. Can't see any way around it other than to download the new paid one.
 
711 said:
What's this all about admintypes? :

'Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk now Free'

It's bleeding irritating. Do something.
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It's just the way the app is. I've not used it but I think there's a setting to turn it off. Those whose posts you see with that message either don't know how to turn it off, or don't care.
 
I don't see what's so irritating about it to be honest.

Sent with my fire using smoke signals.
 
Ripoff, particularly for the early adopters who paid for the app. Now free but a Pro version added which you'd have to pay again for. How do they think people will be ok with that after having their paid version disappear once already?
 
FCBarca said:
Ripoff, particularly for the early adopters who paid for the app. Now free but a Pro version added which you'd have to pay again for. How do they think people will be ok with that after having their paid version disappear once already?
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Yeah, went to the play store to download and had a look at the reviews. Not downloading it now, even if it's for a free.
 
I've just upgraded from 2.x.x to version 4.1.2 and though I didn't like the last 4.x I had a look at, this one seems to be getting a lot right at first glance.

It's a complete overhaul from 2.x so it's taking a little getting used to, and there are certainly a couple of annoying bugs present (though 2.x had its fair share of those also), but it seems to be much more feature rich and streamlined than its predecessor.

The lefthand drag-hidden shortcut menu is particularly useful, as is the ever present navigation menu and icons at the top of the screen. We finally have gif integration which seems to work rather well, but YouTube integration has changed meaning though the full screen videos look better you don't seem able to watch them snapped at the bottom of the screen whilst still viewing the thread anymore.

Still no direct tweet integration either which means any twitter threads remain displaying nothing but multiple 'unsupported media' error tags. The search function has been much improved and that's a welcome change.

Overall the aesthetics have been improved imo also, of particular note being the differentiation between posts and quotes having been made made much clearer.

There's a rather severe bug which makes any post on the latest page of a thread unquotable since the correct icon won't appear if you select it singularly. If you're suffering with this then there are two workarounds: you can select two posts and the icon will appear, deleting the post you didn't want to quote then on the text input screen, or in-thread you can simply press menu/refresh which somehow makes everything quotable again as it should be. Tapatalk are aware of the issue and are working on a permanent fix.

I'll report any more pros or cons as I find them.
 
My biggest annoyance with tapatalk is the conversations. It's doesn't break them into your pages meaning if you have a particularly long one, every time you click into it it brings you to the first message and you have to scroll to the bottom. I don't bother any more and wait till I'm on a laptop to view them.

That and you tube links need sorting.
 
Ramshock said:
okay cheers
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My pros and cons post from their previous page details the app quite thoroughly:

Ciderman90210 said:
It might be worth you taking some time to get accustomed with Tapatalk. It doesn't seem a particularly endearing way to view the caf upon first sight, you lose the graphics and the feel of the place to an extent; but once you get over that you might find the positives outweighing the negatives.

Pros:
  • It's fast, very fast.
  • There are no awkward controls as are inherent in Desktop browsing on mobiles.
  • Videos and Pics are handled differently; more akin to Facebook app than standard browser embeds.
  • You can upload pics right from your phone's gallery.
  • Text entry is much smoother and phone friendly, more like your messaging apps than standard, often clunky browser methods.
  • It saves a hell of the lot of battery. browsers are notorious battery hogs; not so with Tapatalk, especially using dark-mode which looks better anyway.
  • It integrates with all your other apps better than browsers do.
  • Fundamentally it functions differently to a browser; Tapatalk is designed purely for forum viewing, and this specialisation is apparent in the user experience.
  • You can save unfinished posts to come back to later before posting.

Cons:
  • It doesn't look like the caf.
  • The smileys are different. There's no green smiley; it just says :lol
  • Some of the formatting fails to translate perfectly
  • The Tapatalk icon looks ugly
  • There are no details under member names in posts: post count, tagline etc.
  • Quotes don't look as obvious; it takes to bit of getting used to.
  • The settings seem rather limited.
  • You have to pay for new colour schemes.

    I'm sure others could add to each of these lists, but the above is my experience from using the app over the last couple of days + for a while when it first came to oldcaf. Overall I'd say that the cons for the most part can be forgotten about by simply getting used to a different way of viewing this caf; more issues of style rather substance - whereas the pros are genuinely useful features, especially so things like the battery saving, the speed and the better integration with other apps and keyboards.

    In short: Tapatalk is good, yo.
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Some of those cons are no longer relevant btw.
 
Just noticed the ignore feature does not work on tapatalk. feck it :mad:
 
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