Tapatalk

[Moleculo]

Well now we know. If your are not running the latest and greatest, NSA back-door enabled software, users be damned. Poor approach to take when planning an upgrade on something that worked. Every other website that I visit I do not come into as many problems as I run into here. There's almost as much javascript running here as on CNN.

Really? That's your attitude? There is less than 10% usage worldwide of IE8: http://theie8countdown.com/ I don't even want to guess how much usage is with that ancient firefox version...probably less than 1%. A single person site owner cannot be expected to make their site both functional and usable for outdated, practically unused browsers while also meeting the demands of the modern internet.

If you don't keep things fresh on the internet, your site dies. If you keep catering to every ancient browser and PC, pretty soon the only people that visit your site are...well...ancient. This type of attitude sounds like the typical old fart ham attitude that is also responsible for trying to kill off this hobby.

If if you're also saying that this site is comparable to CNN, which has millions of dollars for budget, then I'm pretty proud of the work here.

Noone is forcing you to use this site. The new site design has not hurt traffic one bit. Within days of the relaunch, the site traffic statistics are the same as they were before; despite a few people telling me that everything was a disaster. Plus, the search engines have responded unbelievably favorably, well beyond my expectations, resulting in a dramatic increase of our pages and threads showing up in relevant searches.

I realize it's a big change for some people. The internet is all about change. Things change. I mean who knows what's next? Maybe the FCC will drop all CW requirements from ham radio? That's such a big change that it might make a few old fart ham's heads explode!

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

I realize it's a big change for some people. The internet is all about change. Things change. I mean who knows what's next? Maybe the FCC will drop all CW requirements from ham radio? That's such a big change that it might make a few old fart ham's heads explode!

Ummmm..............FCC?.....CW gone?..........but didn't they..........I mean a couple years ago.......... I thought......but...............never mind.

 

[Mudfoot]

Heads are still exploding over the CW drop. Just a few pops here and there.

 

[Happy_Hamer]

NSA Tracking is free and included in this version, so no need to be concerned your not getting the fair share you deserve when being monitored,,,,,,,,,

 

[Se7en]

NSA Tracking is free and included in this version, so no need to be concerned your not getting the fair share you deserve when being monitored,,,,,,,,,

haha, took me a minute to find me threads. this one is funny!

 

[KW4HKY]

I'll ask this one more time. Why can't we have this forum and Tapatalk?

If it's money I understand. For those having good luck on the new software great. Those of thus stuck on phones not so great. I have used every browser trick suggested and every thing lags. It even reloads when you scroll to the next reply.

S4
CHARTER 54.6 mbps tested speed.

If this has been answered on my similar post sorry. Trying to figure out how to find mu posts. A one click move on Tapatalk

 

[AudioShockwav]

I'll ask this one more time. Why can't we have this forum and Tapatalk?

If it's money I understand. For those having good luck on the new software great. Those of thus stuck on phones not so great. I have used every browser trick suggested and every thing lags. It even reloads when you scroll to the next reply.

S4
CHARTER 54.6 mbps tested speed.

If this has been answered on my similar post sorry. Trying to figure out how to find mu posts. A one click move on Tapatalk

Do you see the header right above the thread that has
mark forums read
search forums
watched forums
watched threads
watched tags
new posts?
You should, and if you click on the new posts tab, it should show you all of the new posts since you last visited the forum.
I do not understand why you phone is reloading when you scroll down.

73
Jeff

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

NEW POSTS has always worked fine on my phone which is an Android type. I have to agree with Jeff about the reloading while scrolling issue. never heard of that before......anywhere. My phone has freaked out a couple times, did not matter what site I was on at the time, and started to do weird things like lock up, scroll, open/change pages etc. I found the issue was static build up on the touch screen. A little spray of window cleaner and it was good again.

 

[binrat]

It may be in the setting of his phone.

 

[Klondike Mike]

I'm using an S2 and the site works OK here using the Dolphin browser, try that. I never did like Tapatalk on the old site and see no reason for it now.

I'll ask this one more time. Why can't we have this forum and Tapatalk?

If it's money I understand. For those having good luck on the new software great. Those of thus stuck on phones not so great. I have used every browser trick suggested and every thing lags. It even reloads when you scroll to the next reply.

S4
CHARTER 54.6 mbps tested speed.

If this has been answered on my similar post sorry. Trying to figure out how to find mu posts. A one click move on Tapatalk

I'll ask this one more time. Why can't we have this forum and Tapatalk?

If it's money I understand. For those having good luck on the new software great. Those of thus stuck on phones not so great. I have used every browser trick suggested and every thing lags. It even reloads when you scroll to the next reply.

S4
CHARTER 54.6 mbps tested speed.

If this has been answered on my similar post sorry. Trying to figure out how to find mu posts. A one click move on Tapatalk

 

[KW4HKY]

One last try.

Why can we not have Tapatalk also? Is that too difficult to answer?

I'm not the only one to ask that.

The only thing I see is new posts. And that shows nothing new half the time.

I'm really tired of the use the new system or leave replies.

For Christ sakes if we cant have both just say so.

 

[FatHam]

One last try.

Why can we not have Tapatalk also? Is that too difficult to answer?

I'm not the only one to ask that.

The only thing I see is new posts. And that shows nothing new half the time.

I'm really tired of the use the new system or leave replies.

For Christ sakes if we cant have both just say so.

From what I've just read, there are still quite a few issues with Tapatalk running on sites that use the software we're using here; including a lot of "glitchy" user experience and reduced functionality. Apparently the latest version even broke the standard search function. Earlier this year there was even a Tapatalk security exploit on sites that used it that wasn't fixed for months. For anyone that cares, I will be happy to PM them a link to a thread of forum owners that are pretty unhappy about Tapatalk as a whole.

BTW, if you're still using an old version of Tapatalk on your phone, you probably have a version with security exploits and need to update.

I get why people like Tapatalk; I have used it in the past. But for every person that likes Tapatalk, I get complaints from 3 more that complain about the constant notices about tapatalk when they browse the site with their mobile / tablet browser.

Try to look at this from a site owner's perspective: When a lot of time and money is spent to build an engaging site with an engaging brand, what incentive should I have to help facilitate a mobile user experience (Tapatalk) that completely bypasses most of the site functionality, bypasses all of the site branding, is buggy, has security issues, is annoying to non-tapatalk mobile users, and puts money in someone else's pocket?

Instead of focusing on Tapatalk, try exploring some of the new site features, like the rich social media integration that is now at your fingertips. Or the enhanced photo / video gallery. Or even the new chat. None of which will work on Tapatalk...

Mole has explained "why not" several times. Most recently above...
There are no plans on the horizon to bring Tapatalk back any time soon, though the site owner is open to it provided they fix all of the bugs and address the other issues.
If you require a "YES/NO" answer, call it "NO".