Who uses tapatalk.

[eagle19952]

Never have, maybe I should...
I do have tablets, Android and Apple.
Never really thought about it till now.

[GnarlyBus]

I use it. Once I gave it a try, it'd be hard to go back. My post in the Board Migration thread explains why. Basically, it rocks for mobile use.

If you're active on multiple forums, it really shines.

[richard5933]

Same here. Use it often and prior to the update was my primary interface with this forum. Haven't found anything nearly as handy to access the forum or post photos/posts from the road, especially without wifi. For more details see my previous posts on the migration thread.

[chessie4905]

I don't use it.The name sounded stupid, so never looked into it. I rarely post on phone and use it little.

[Krash]

The major problem with Tapatalk installed in SMF is that it replaces some core files with it's own.  This has caused major problems, many forums report users being able to register bypassing admin approval, spam filters, and even when reg is disabled.  It also prevents SMF security updates from being applied to Tapatalk files.  There have been 15 updates (so far) in 2.0 branch, most, if not all, contained security patches.  If the patches are not installed, security degrades over time, and forum software and database are increasingly at risk.  There are mods that can be installed on the forum that should replace some of Tapatalk's functionality, but I've never used it, or a phone to view websites, so don't know exactly what it does.

[windtrader]

Krash,
Even though Tapatalk may offer an improved mobile experience, based on your research it is nowhere near the tradeoff. Keeping up with security patches is hard enough on core releases, the extra security risks and admin burden is not there.


There must be other mobile apps that front SMF, maybe not as functional as Tapatalk but implemented using the SMF extension, API, or plugin architecture.


If you'd like I can do some research for you on this.

[Krash]

Basic problem is I don't use a phone.  I do have a 7" Kindle Fire that I use primarily as a reader, it has Android Silk browser and I've been tinkering with it for couple of hours.  I can see the wrap problem in header, and have a couple of ideas to fix it.  If you look at the BCM main site, there are two very different formats, one for landscape view (pc) and one for portrait (mobile).  I'm experimenting with some js that detects orientation, seems to work on my pc and kindle.  Getting late so I'm done for the night, but will work on something similar for the forum.  It will only affect the ads header.  I fixed the Responsive Curve mod and I'm seeing a different layout on the Fire, you should now see it on phone. 

If you can post screenshots and/or descriptions of any problems you see on phones, that would be a huge help.  Just to give you an idea where I'm headed, you can go here, you should see the ad header on pc; on phone the header will be visible in landscape view, not in portrait (assuming you haven't disabled orientation switch).  I'll code an alternate header similar to main site that will fit on mobile, then I can pretty up the pc header.

[windtrader]

How about finding a SMF theme that does responsive well? That would eliminate the need for Tapatalk or at least allow the native mobile browser to render the page well enough to be usable.

[richard5933]

Here's what it looks like right now on my Note 8. A good portion of the screen is filled with the ads.

[richard5933]

And here's what it looks like with your krashsite test. I don't see the ads at all on the mobile.

[richard5933]

If you look at the screen shot I posted of the actual site below, you'll see that the ads are covering parts of the screen and hiding some things.

I just found a mobile phone emulator. It's an extension on the Chrome browser - took about a minute to install. There is an icon on the toolbar added that lets you view the page as it would be seen on various sizes of cell phones. I chose the second down in the list to produce this example.

Hopefully something like this will be helpful in allowing you to easily see what we're seeing on mobile devices.

As a side note, I also notice that when a photo is posted with a large physical size setting (not the size of the file - rather the layout size of the photo like 12 x it does not render properly when someone clicks on the icon. The photo enlarges to the full size, which can be larger than the screen, and there are no scroll bars visible that will let the user see the off-screen parts of the image.

[Branderson]

I use it but to me if you don't use your phone then there is no reason to get it.

Is this available again on tapatalk now?

[buswarrior]

Well, something sure changed as of today.

A mobile sized presentation is showing on my Q10.

Lets

See

How

Deep

And the reply pane behaves properly for editing, re my other thread on it snapping up to the top.

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

[brmax]

I havent used it.

I agree there looks to be a change today again on the site, as in previous days in that there is no last poster column. Possibly font is bigger also.

In any case what i will say is i typically look at my phone in landscape for websites. Fwiw my phone has clearly taken lead vs laptop in browsing.

This ios and or this smf site on my phone I am only seeing the actual bus or coach advertisers. That is great.




Floyd

[Krash]

Got the Responsive Curve mod working correctly last night, there are others but trying to stay with Curve since everyone seems to like it.  Think I have the ad problem solved, I can use js to determine if device is viewing in portrait or landscape, and have two different ad headers, similar to what you see in BCM main site.  Will work on that tonight.

Thanks for the input.