Question How important is Tapatalk to you?

[Neal]

@jmltech I'm very sorry but there are more reasons that this had to be removed ASAP than discussed which I addressed some of in my new post I hope you will read:

Tip - Tips on the Mobile view of this site

For those like me that used Tapatalk you will find that not using Tapatalk will give you a far better experience as you will enjoy the full functionality of this forum'ware vs. the limited integration of Tapatalk and their very buggy implementation at that. Tapatalk was removed not just to drive...

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I also added to this post on how to save any web site to your home screen:

Tip - How to Add this web site to your mobile device's home screen

Due to numerous issues with Tapatalk it has been removed from this forum'ware as it is not needed. This web site is fully mobile friendly (responsive) and will provide a far better experience when used directly. Did you know you can save web sites to your mobile device and launch like any other...

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I was a beta tester with tapatalk so I too had no ads and enjoyed its simplicity too, I get it, but what I learned was troubling from security issues, data harvesting, and google blocking sites with tapatalk from their paid advertising. The mobile view is far more robust as discussed in the links above, I hope you will find the move away from tapatalk is for the better. I had originally announced this for a May 1st change and based on feedback I knew the time to do this was now, not wait.

I hope you and any others not happy about this will see that this is actually not as bad as you think and enjoy contributing even more now with the full capabilities of this very cool forum'ware that is hidden by the limited functionality of tapatalk.

 

[MapNerd]

always great to see improvements. For what it’s worth, if it were ever brought back for any reason I wouldn’t care either. That banner was always a minuscule inconvenience for me.

 

[Neal]

What was odd is they make site owners pay to remove that banner now from what I saw where in the past it was an option in the site settings area. When I researched tapatalk to use or not prior to removing it was amazing the information I learned, it was time to end it. This forum'ware is amazing and it's in active development, not legacy and outdated. The add-on market is huge, I'm adding some more today, you'll see "Bookmark" in the bottom of a message post now which I just added.

 

[NWIP]

I like the idea of bookmark feature for future reference.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

So, where do the "bookmarks" show up? Where do I find them after I bookmark something?

NEVER MIND...I found it in my account section.

TJ

 

[J&JD]

Interestingly the day I started on this forum back in November I added the rvforums site icon to my home page on my iPad so I’ve never even heard of or used tapatalk. I guess ignorance truly is bliss. ??

 

[Neal]

Now that I've forced tapatalk out of my life I realize more of what I've been missing. Many more site features such as SEARCH, media gallery, resources, classifieds, alerts, and much more. Tapatalk was a good reader/writer but so much of the forum's functionality is missing that can really benefit the site visitor. I think this is a good change knowing how well this site works on mobile devices.

For the BEST experience, I suggest using Google Chrome on your PC and enable the browser notifications (watch for banner on bottom of the screen to allow them). Even when not on the site you'll get notified of any activity related to your content. Also be sure to "watch" (same as subscribe) to any forums or threads of interest.

 

[Neal]

Learned another thing in using the mobile view as this is new to me. I like the What’s New area to find new content. You see the New Posts button on the top left above the forums but on the toolbar top right is a lightning bolt icon. That’s the What’s New content. Cool!!

 

[J&JD]

Learned another thing in using the mobile view as this is new to me. I like the What’s New area to find new content. You see the New Posts button on the top left above the forums but on the toolbar top right is a lightning bolt icon. That’s the What’s New content. Cool!!

I, too, very much like and use the what’s new button. Nowhere on this site can I find a lightning bolt icon.

 

[Neal]

It's only on the mobile view where you get everything condensed. If you view this on a browser and likely tablet you won't see what I was talking about. View on your phone to see.