Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
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Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
Postby AUbicycles » Fri Apr 08, 2016 12:24 pm
Firstly, it was a third party solution for when this forum didn't provide good access for smart devices, with the new design it provides access and functionality for smart devices so a 3rd party software is not required.
Secondly, tapatalk was a nice way for many to access however was becoming increasingly problematic, from injecting unwanted code and ads into the content to increasing difficulty getting support and regularly upgrading.
Give the new forum / design a good chance - there are ongoing efforts to continually improve and resolve many of the requests / issues reported to create a good experience for all members and guests, regardless of the device.
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
Postby Ballmead » Fri Apr 08, 2016 1:29 pm
Also it's easier on the eyes for night time viewing.
That was one of the good features of Tapatalk that I'll miss the most.
Great job on the forum so far, it's a huge job and the old forum was a bit dated.
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
Postby AUbicycles » Fri Apr 08, 2016 2:03 pm
My suggestion would be to adjust contrast to set automatically - but also not as bright as they need to be as devices do tend to be too bright.
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
Postby BugsBunny » Fri Apr 08, 2016 7:13 pm
So what's the best way to access the forum via your iPhone now? As I found it really convenient to post messages with PICTURES via Tapatalk. Any other recommended app?
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
Postby foo on patrol » Fri Apr 08, 2016 7:36 pm
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
Postby Ferrovelo » Fri Apr 08, 2016 9:09 pm
Not too impressed so far.
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
Postby find_bruce » Fri Apr 08, 2016 9:48 pm
So for me I am happy to put a stake in its heart & move on.
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
Postby warthog1 » Fri Apr 08, 2016 9:54 pm
Whilst the changes made make navigation easier on a handheld device it is nowhere near as convenient as tapatalk was.
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
Postby Ferrovelo » Fri Apr 08, 2016 10:02 pm
Timeline view is what I really want
Hopefully its possible on this super new platform that makes tapatalk unnecessary and I just haven't found it yet?
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
Postby hiflange » Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:58 pm
My favourite connection point is the active topic page which I have bookmarked in Safari and in Tapatalk. I've made a web page app of it for the iPhone by following these instructions - only a couple of steps.
With regard to posting pics via Tapatalk - fergetabouit!- the Tapatalk hosting downsampled them corrosively. Get a free flickr account and spend 5 minutes learning how to share pics from there... much better result for your fellow users
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
Postby mikesbytes » Sat Apr 09, 2016 12:35 am
I've been using the photobucket app on the iPhone. I'm interested to hear of other solutionsBugsBunny wrote:Oh that explains it...
So what's the best way to access the forum via your iPhone now? As I found it really convenient to post messages with PICTURES via Tapatalk. Any other recommended app?
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
Postby Ballmead » Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:12 pm
Please consider reinstalling it.
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
Postby Ferrovelo » Wed Apr 13, 2016 6:48 am
Or when I have visited it's been (comparatively) painful to find/browse posts in the various categories.
What are your usage stats showing since the change? Surely excluding tapatalk must have a significant negative impact?
Or is the impact hidden in the stats because users have to click around so much trying to find / browse topics?
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Postby darkelf921 » Wed Apr 13, 2016 10:35 am
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
Postby AUbicycles » Fri Apr 15, 2016 12:03 pm
On my task list are some tasks to introduce some of the positive navigation features of tapatalk such as timeline views.
Rather than look at stats, the priority is to first look at the bug fixes and improvements.
Could tapatalk be considered in the future? Sure, I am open to reviewing it again. But they would have to improve a number of things such as their support, their code injections and their efficiency (ie. time consuming for each update) before I would consider the additional time and cost investment to support it.
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
Postby darkelf921 » Fri Apr 15, 2016 12:41 pm
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
Postby DaveQB » Sat Apr 16, 2016 11:09 pm
I understand the difficulties in managing a forum, so understand the decision on tapatalk and also on additional themes.
The forums looks ok so far using the lastpass browser on my Note 4
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
Postby nickdos » Mon Apr 18, 2016 10:53 am
I would encourage the mods to look at both posting and reading stats for this site (prior to change) to see what percentage were from Tapatalk and to consider that much of that traffic will likely stop.
Its not that the site is not usable on a mobile device, as much as it is a fact that I only have limited spare time and I chose to use Tapatalk as it provides a one stop shop for about 6 different sites for me.
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
Postby AUbicycles » Mon Apr 18, 2016 5:17 pm
It will be worthwhile reading through the other posts concerning the decision - it was a long time coming. As a free access community forum, it would be great to satisfy the needs of each individual but I also feel that as the admin, some responsibility lies with me in selecting software and services that are ethical and in the best interest of members, guests and this forum. Similarly, the support, admin and maintenance of each additional software service needs to be fairly balanced.nickdos wrote:I am not going to bother with this site if its not available on Tapatalk.
Tapatalk offered some convenience and many became used to it as well and there is often a reluctance to change / update. The new forum resolves access with smart devices and I am also working actively to update the forum - looking into adding some of the popular tapatalk options such as timeline view.
On smart devices, regular members can add a bookmark and set it as an icon on their phone or tablet to directly access the forum homepage (or even a specific sub forum).
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Re: Tapatalk Retired - No Longer Available for this Cycling Forum
Postby gabrielle260 » Fri Apr 22, 2016 7:28 am
As a change manager in 'real life', i don't consider this change has been well managed. For those of us who access the forum with our mobiles, what is the alternative? Because it is not immediately apparent.
Very disappointed.................
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