New Tapatalk Feedback Thread

[MP99]

I thought it might be a good idea to have a separate thread for discussion of the Tapatalk app, so...

1) If I'm browsing a thread and select Menu / Web View, I get taken to page 1 of the thread, not the page that equates to the page I'm browsing on Tapatalk. (Guess it would need to go to whichever page has the first post on-screen in TT).

2) Some sites have a "hey did you know you can browse this via Tapatalk" message if you go to the website on a mobile device. Nice-to-have for the long-term list, maybe.

3) You can select the text of a post by long-clicking in TT, but it only copies the poster's text, not any quotes that provide the context (say one of Jim's "Yes" or "No" answers). Assume this is just a feature of TT itself, but if there's an option to make the quoted text also get copied into the clipboard...

4) Ignore list doesn't work.  (I'm guessing it never will!? Probably not supported in the underlying app!?)

cheers, Martin

[Lars_J]

Perhaps you should add "Tapatalk" to the thread title? Because right now, it seems like a duplicate thread.

[MP99]

Perhaps you should add "Tapatalk" to the thread title? Because right now, it seems like a duplicate thread.

Yup, you got me. 

Done.

cheers, Martin

[rdale]

Perhaps you should add "Tapatalk" to the thread title? Because right now, it seems like a duplicate thread.

Yup, you got me. 

Done.

cheers, Martin

Using Tap I selected your post and hit the button in the upper right. Seems to have pulled in all quotes just fine?

[MP99]

Perhaps you should add "Tapatalk" to the thread title? Because right now, it seems like a duplicate thread.

Yup, you got me. 

Done.

cheers, Martin

Using Tap I selected your post and hit the button in the upper right. Seems to have pulled in all quotes just fine?

I don't seem to have a button upper right, but do have a toolbar that pops up in middle of screen after I tap.

I tap in your post, select ...more, "copy post content", paste into Evernote, and the text starts "Using Tap...".

I'm on Android. You?

Cheers, Martin

[wholmeswa]

- My timestamps are all off by 8 hours when using Tapatalk, but are correct when I access via the web.  I have deleted/installed the app, updated NSF profile and removed/added the NSF forum multiple times, but no go.

It is my understanding that at least one other Tapatalk user on NSF is not seeing this problem, so I reported it on the Tapatalk support forums. Have yet to hear back. I see this problem with the iOS 2.0.2 Community version on two iDevices using my profile name. See https://support.tapatalk.com/threads/incorrect-time-displayed.20295/

- Unable to attach pictures to messages. Get message "Image Upload / Your forum has disabled image sharing from this app." Is that related to the forum rule about pictures not being loaded inline? If so, is there a way to attach pictures that  supports the NSF guidelines?

Wayne

[mtakala24]

On the subject of tapatalk, any recommendations on which client to use on android? Preferably free.

[wholmeswa]

I haven't heard back from Tapatalk, so want to get some additional info on my timestamp issue..

- Can another Tapatalk user verify that the correct timestamps are shown when "Unread" is selected?
- What version of Taptalk are you using? (I am especially interested if anyone using Tapatalk Community 2.0.2 for iOS is having the problem.)

Based on feedback, I will update the thread over on the Tapatalk support forum and see if I can get someone to take notice.

Thanks!

Wayne

[MP99]

Times are good for me.

My profile (website) is configured as +1. Server was recently re-configured fro US time to GMT - make sure your website profile has the correct time offset since server time change. (BTW, I find I need to manually correct this each time DST comes / goes, but that's not a big hassle. Will see what happens come "fall back" on the new platform.)

cheers, Martin

[wholmeswa]

Times are good for me.

My profile (website) is configured as +1. Server was recently re-configured fro US time to GMT - make sure your website profile has the correct time offset since server time change. (BTW, I find I need to manually correct this each time DST comes / goes, but that's not a big hassle. Will see what happens come "fall back" on the new platform.)

cheers, Martin

Martin: Thanks for the info. I have tried what you suggested, but no go. What client are you running?

Wayne

[MP99]

Android, using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quoord.tapatalkpro.activity.

cheers, Martin

[wholmeswa]

Android, using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quoord.tapatalkpro.activity.

cheers, Martin

Martin: Thank-you. I have passed the information on to Tapatalk support.

Wayne

[Stephan]

I'm not very familiar with tapatalk, which free client do you recommend ?

[wholmeswa]

I'm not very familiar with tapatalk, which free client do you recommend ?

I am using this iOS client on an iPad and iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tapatalk-community-reader/id307880732

As reported up thread, I have an issue with timestamps that looks to be a problem with how the forum plugin interacts with that client. Hopefully will know more as soon as Tapatalk support gets back to me in the next day or so.

Wayne

[Jester]

For the timezone issue reported on the support thread, I've just updated the package to 3.8.1
The fixes don't list any timezone issues but addresses other issues that I wanted to have installed here.

[wholmeswa]

For the timezone issue reported on the support thread, I've just updated the package to 3.8.1
The fixes don't list any timezone issues but addresses other issues that I wanted to have installed here.

My problem persists. I have updated the support thread on the Tapatalk forum to let them know I am seeing the issue with the 3.8.1 plugin.

Many thanks for your help. The support people at Tapatalk also been very helpful, so with any luck this will be quickly resolved.

Wayne

(Edited for horrible grammar. I blame it on posting before my morning coffee kicked in.  )

[MP99]

Minor Tapatalk bug...

Go to Forums section, then select a forum, press menu. I get options for:-
Refresh
Search
New Topic
Mark Forum as Read
Subscribe

Issue is that it always says "Subscribe", even for threads that I am already subscribed to (as confirmed on website). [Also, none of the forums show the yellow "favourite" star in the forum list.]

However, menu within the individual threads does correctly offer Subscribe or Unsubscribe depending on status of the thread. Yellow favourite star also shows correctly within the thread list.

cheers, Martin

[MP99]

Think this is another issue with Tapatalk (but not sure).

Under Settings / Signature, Tt is configured with a "Tapatalk signature" of "Sent from my GT-P1000 using Tapatalk 2".

Would I expect this to appear in something I post from Tt into the forum? It doesn't.

BTW, I find myself wondering whether that only applies with a Tapatalk ID?

cheers, Martin

[MP99]

Sorry guys, another one.   

Visited this forum in Tt:-
    NASASpaceFlight.com Forum »
    HLV / SLS / Orion / Constellation »
    Missions To The Near Earth Asteroids (HSF)

The topic "SLS Block 1 performance needed to visit captured asteroid?" is listed twice.

cheers, Martin

[Jester]

Not much I can do about that, I suggest you raise a ticket with TT as on the forum its fine.
sorry.
https://support.tapatalk.com/

Or if you really know what you are doing ie you are a software dev., fix the issue an do a pull request here
https://github.com/tapatalk/tapatalk-smf2

[MP99]

Not much I can do about that, I suggest you raise a ticket with TT as on the forum its fine.
sorry.
https://support.tapatalk.com/

Or if you really know what you are doing ie you are a software dev., fix the issue an do a pull request here
https://github.com/tapatalk/tapatalk-smf2

Thanks. I downloaded the ZIP from github. Can't imagine why they didn't write it in COBOL  , but given they didn't...

I think my re-training needs to go quite a bit further before I can contribute to that. Consider it in the long-term to-do list.

cheers, Martin

[pechisbeque]

Thanks for starting this thread!
I decided to install the Tapatalk app for the iPad since I saw it is supported for NSF.


Maybe somebody can help with something:
Until now I had email notifications for the topics of my choosing. Tapatalk recognizes this subscriptions and notifies me over the Notification Center in iOS as well.
With this app the emails kind of become obsolete since you get the notifications on iOS.


Does anybody know how to get notifications on the topics only on Tapatalk and not also over email?

[MP99]

Thanks for starting this thread!
I decided to install the Tapatalk app for the iPad since I saw it is supported for NSF.


Maybe somebody can help with something:
Until now I had email notifications for the topics of my choosing. Tapatalk recognizes this subscriptions and notifies me over the Notification Center in iOS as well.
With this app the emails kind of become obsolete since you get the notifications on iOS.


Does anybody know how to get notifications on the topics only on Tapatalk and not also over email?

Go to Profile / Modify Profile / Notifications.

Go to "For topics and boards I've requested notification on, notify me of:". Change this to "Nothing at all" or "Moderation only if I started the topic". (There's an argument, now that we have Tapatalk, that maybe there should be an option for "only moderation".)

(BTW, I'm assuming this won't stop Tapatalk notifications.)

cheers, Martin

[pechisbeque]

Go to Profile / Modify Profile / Notifications.

Go to "For topics and boards I've requested notification on, notify me of:". Change this to "Nothing at all" or "Moderation only if I started the topic". (There's an argument, now that we have Tapatalk, that maybe there should be an option for "only moderation".)

(BTW, I'm assuming this won't stop Tapatalk notifications.)

cheers, Martin

Thanks! It worked perfectly. I'm happy to confirm your assumption.

[Chris Bergin]

So I installed tapatalk. Had no idea what to expect.

It's really not for me. Maybe because it's a Windows Phone, but it was really slow, fiddly and crashes a lot. Might explain why it has 2 out of 5 stars on the ratings, with people posting a similar experience to my own.

Much easier to fire up the phone's browser and do things that way.

[MP99]

So I installed tapatalk. Had no idea what to expect.

It's really not for me. Maybe because it's a Windows Phone, but it was really slow, fiddly and crashes a lot. Might explain why it has 2 out of 5 stars on the ratings, with people posting a similar experience to my own.

Much easier to fire up the phone's browser and do things that way.

Opposite of my experience with Android - faster, much easier to read, and completely stable.. Yeah - could be the Windows app doing that.

Cheers, Martin

[Chris Bergin]

Yep, googling says the same. When I've saved up the pennies I'll be getting a better phone, so will re-try then.

[Lars_J]

There's an interesting issue with attachments through the iOS tapatalk client. I will attach a screenshot taken of this post (in progress).

When viewing this post in a regular browser, there is no image preview.

Since iPhone screenshots are in PNG format, I will also attach a JPG from the phone camera.

EDIT: Yep, as I expected, neither the JPG nor the PNG created a preview, although the download links work. I'm not sure if this is a Tapatalk generic issue, or the iOS client (v2.0.3), or something with this forum.

EDIT 2: It looks like at some point in the process, the PNG was converted to a JPG. (not necessarily a problem but interesting)

[Jester]

Looks like the forum classes attachments via this client as potentially unsafe.

There is a SMF feature that Re-encode potentially dangerous image attachments.

There's an interesting issue with attachments through the iOS tapatalk client. I will attach a screenshot taken of this post (in progress).

When viewing this post in a regular browser, there is no image preview.

Since iPhone screenshots are in PNG format, I will also attach a JPG from the phone camera.

EDIT: Yep, as I expected, neither the JPG nor the PNG created a preview, although the download links work. I'm not sure if this is a Tapatalk generic issue, or the iOS client (v2.0.3), or something with this forum.

EDIT 2: It looks like at some point in the process, the PNG was converted to a JPG. (not necessarily a problem but interesting)

[Star One]

So I installed tapatalk. Had no idea what to expect.

It's really not for me. Maybe because it's a Windows Phone, but it was really slow, fiddly and crashes a lot. Might explain why it has 2 out of 5 stars on the ratings, with people posting a similar experience to my own.

Much easier to fire up the phone's browser and do things that way.

I had a Nokia 920 briefly & believe me I am afraid to see that Tapatalk on WP is completely unrepresentative of how it is on iOS & Android. The WP version still seems more like a Beta build than anything.

[rdale]

I noticed that my timestamps when accessing through Tapatalk were good but here were off. Appears you reset time to UTC? In any case, I reset that here and they are now good here, but way off in Tapatalk.

Also am not getting alerts in TT either anymore.

[Jester]

Nothing changed on this end that I know of..... maybe the tapatalk site was doing maintenance ? not sure

[Jester]

Plugin updated, release notes below:

SMF 2.0 RC5/Final - Version 3.9.0

Update note:

    add mobile welcome screen
    add moderation function back
    add tapatalk image link
    add poll browser view for poll thread
    add link on image back on Tapatalk
    fix tapatalk key warning problem
    fix a push bug
    remove in-app registration problem
    optimize plugin installation to avoid errors

[MP99]

It looks like Tapatalk misinterprets double- quote followed by capital D as a smiley.

I believe the web version requires the smiley to be surrounded by spaces to avoid triggering false positives.

Is that something that might be fixable? Not a biggy once you know what's going on.

Edit: actually it looks like there are other combos which cause the same issue, but they do seem to include that capital D.

Cheers, Martin

[A_M_Swallow]

I am not cool about 8 ) being a smiley   

[MP99]

Just a quick note re an issue I'm having with the EVA-25 thread via Tapatalk 4.3.4 on Galaxy Note 8 tablet.

All images appear as broken. See attached screenshot.

However, if I navigate to the EVA-24 thread, images appear fine. See second screenshot.

I'm wondering if there might be something different in the way the two threads were setup, which is causing them to be seen differently via Tapatalk?

cheers, Martin

[MP99]

Just a quick note re an issue I'm having with the EVA-25 thread via Tapatalk 4.3.4 on Galaxy Note 8 tablet.

All images appear as broken. See attached screenshot.

However, if I navigate to the EVA-24 thread, images appear fine. See second screenshot.

I'm wondering if there might be something different in the way the two threads were setup, which is causing them to be seen differently via Tapatalk?

cheers, Martin

I eventually reinstalled Tt to get image display back again.

Cheers, Martin

[Ford Mustang]

I did notice in the EVA-25 thread, the post by Galactic Penguin, his images were .PNG and not .JPG, but the other two posts directly below were .JPG and still didn't show up.  That's really the only difference I can see in the two threads, I'm sure they were both set up the same, however.  Glad you got it working again.

[MP99]

I did notice in the EVA-25 thread, the post by Galactic Penguin, his images were .PNG and not .JPG, but the other two posts directly below were .JPG and still didn't show up.  That's really the only difference I can see in the two threads, I'm sure they were both set up the same, however.  Glad you got it working again.

I got to the stage where most threads were not showing me images.

I re-installed, then went back to a previously no-image thread, and did get images.


Not sure if it's related, but if I clicked on a web link in a post, it would take me to a tapatalk redirect address, but just stick there without redirecting to the correct target address.

cheers, Martin

[Star One]

Has anyone else had the issue of repeated threads?

When I go into the unread threads section I often get the same threads appear twice.

[A12]

Has anyone else had the issue of repeated threads?

When I go into the unread threads section I often get the same threads appear twice.

Same happens here.
Moreover, in Forum submenu, often I have several areas in bold, but clicking on them, I cannot see any new message. Refreshing with the proper button doesn't cure the problem.

[MP99]

Has anyone else had the issue of repeated threads?

When I go into the unread threads section I often get the same threads appear twice.

I reported this upthread.

It's not an issue with the forum software apparently,  so needs fixing in the Tt client.

Cheers, Martin

[pippin]

It happens if you load another page full of threads and a new one has sprung to the top. Tapatalk doesn't re-load the first page and if the last threads on he first page have moved to the second page in the meantime, they appear twice.

[MP99]

It happens if you load another page full of threads and a new one has sprung to the top. Tapatalk doesn't re-load the first page and if the last threads on he first page have moved to the second page in the meantime, they appear twice.

In my case, I was seeing two repeats of the same thread right next to each other, partway down the list of topics. This was not with Tt v4.

I'm using Tt v4 on my new tablet, and can't say I've noticed this issue on that. (BTW, lots of people not happy with that version, so upgrade at your peril. Google it first.)

cheers, Martin

[MP99]

Quick query re quoted text in Tt.

Tt has stopped highlighting quotes for me, so nothing differentiates that from the following response. Is anyone else seeing this?

Quotes still format as expected on other fora, eg XDA Developers.

I suspect the issue is in identifying quotes rather than quote formatting, since the "copy post" function now also copies the original quote, and it didn't do that previously. (That has it's own benefits, but I'll not go there).

Cheers, Martin

[Star One]

Quick query re quoted text in Tt.

Tt has stopped highlighting quotes for me, so nothing differentiates that from the following response. Is anyone else seeing this?

Quotes still format as expected on other fora, eg XDA Developers.

I suspect the issue is in identifying quotes rather than quote formatting, since the "copy post" function now also copies the original quote, and it didn't do that previously. (That has it's own benefits, but I'll not go there).

Cheers, Martin

Noticed the same & can confirm it only appears to happen on this forum.

[Jester]

Quick query re quoted text in Tt.

Tt has stopped highlighting quotes for me, so nothing differentiates that from the following response. Is anyone else seeing this?

Quotes still format as expected on other fora, eg XDA Developers.

I suspect the issue is in identifying quotes rather than quote formatting, since the "copy post" function now also copies the original quote, and it didn't do that previously. (That has it's own benefits, but I'll not go there).

Cheers, Martin

Noticed the same & can confirm it only appears to happen on this forum.

I happen to be active on the other forum (xda) they run other forum software, only suggestion I can make is to contact the tt devs, its for them to address these issues....

ps we do run the latest release of the plugin (3.9.2)

[Star One]

Quick query re quoted text in Tt.

Tt has stopped highlighting quotes for me, so nothing differentiates that from the following response. Is anyone else seeing this?

Quotes still format as expected on other fora, eg XDA Developers.

I suspect the issue is in identifying quotes rather than quote formatting, since the "copy post" function now also copies the original quote, and it didn't do that previously. (That has it's own benefits, but I'll not go there).

Cheers, Martin

Noticed the same & can confirm it only appears to happen on this forum.

I happen to be active on the other forum (xda) they run other forum software, only suggestion I can make is to contact the tt devs, its for them to address these issues....

ps we do run the latest release of the plugin (3.9.2)

Is it my or did this only arise with the last Tapatalk update?

[baldusi]

I'm using Tapatalk and in many cases quotes are broken. The oute most opening quote is replaced with a "dummyquote" word.

[MP99]

Tapatalk (on Android) has just released a new version that has absolutely destroyed its functionality. It's just absolutely shocking.

This has been my go-to way to come to NSF up to now. Some frustrations, but generally a great experience on a tablet. Then, *poof* - gone.

Ugh.

Martin

PS for anyone who hasn't yet received the update on their Android, you can turn off auto Updates in the Play Store. Tap the three bars, My Apps, select Tapatalk, tap the three dots, and un-tick the auto-update option.

[mfck]

Tapatalk (on Android) has just released a new version that has absolutely destroyed its functionality. It's just absolutely shocking.

This has been my go-to way to come to NSF up to now. Some frustrations, but generally a great experience on a tablet. Then, *poof* - gone.

Ugh.

Martin

PS for anyone who hasn't yet received the update on their Android, you can turn off auto Updates in the Play Store. Tap the three bars, My Apps, select Tapatalk, tap the three dots, and un-tick the auto-update option.

I concur. The "enhancement" of the Home screen in TT is devastating. 60% of the screen space is wasted, the dimming of read threads is gone and "Show unread only" option locks the scroll. What were they thinking?

[MP99]

I'm having a little play with this today:-
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ape.apps.forumfiend

My feedback, and how to contact the developer:-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2733755&page=7

It's not quite a daily driver replacement as yet, but might not take a lot of further enhancement to get there.

I haven't tried posting yet, but apparently it offers BBcode support, where Tapatalk doesn't.

cheers, Martin

[TrevorMonty]

Mine has just been DOWNgraded to new version.

[MP99]

:-(

In theory, it's possible to "sideload" one of the older versions.

Not really recommended (need to turn off a security feature on the device, plus download software from an unofficial location), but I may end up doing that anyway myself.

cheers, Martin

[Star One]

Luckily on iOS it's far more usable than on Android. Wish they would stop playing around with it for no good reason on Android.

[TrevorMonty]

Is there an alternative App?

[MP99]

Is there an alternative App?

See post #51, but if you try it make sure to update the settings to stop it adding its sig on the bottom of anything you post.

It's a new app, and I don't think it's quite ready for prime-time yet - crashes a little too often for comfort, and missing some features I personally need in a daily driver. But it's promising.

cheers, Martin

[wholmeswa]

They just updated the iOS version with what sounds like the same interface changes that hit the Android users up thread.

No more "just show subscribed threads with unread messages" capability. (Or at least I can't find it.) I am back on the web interface and filtering out all the noise using my Mark II eyeball.

[MP99]

They just updated the iOS version with what sounds like the same interface changes that hit the Android users up thread.

No more "just show subscribed threads with unread messages" capability. (Or at least I can't find it.) I am back on the web interface and filtering out all the noise using my Mark II eyeball.

IIRC, the Android version lets you select the Subscribed view, then toggle All or Unread via a menu option. However, this view only shows the top few few threads unless "all" is selected (it only allows scrolling under "all").

Make sure to put up a negative review on the App Store.

cheers, Martin

[Star One]

They just updated the iOS version with what sounds like the same interface changes that hit the Android users up thread.

No more "just show subscribed threads with unread messages" capability. (Or at least I can't find it.) I am back on the web interface and filtering out all the noise using my Mark II eyeball.

I can confirm the apps on both OS types are identical.

[MP99]

I suspect this is a change, but not completely certain.

Normally, if I reply to a thread, I'd expect to also become subscribed to that thread (this is in the user options, IIRC).

This seems to have stopped happening when posting via Tapatalk, and I'm pretty sure it used to. I'm guessing this is something that the forum software handles as part of accepting a post, so would be down to forum setup rather than Tt.

Cheers, Martin

[Star One]

They've just pushed out an update at least on iOS they have which is stated to be the first of a number of updates to be made in response to recent feedback to their changes.

[MP99]

They've just pushed out an update at least on iOS they have which is stated to be the first of a number of updates to be made in response to recent feedback to their changes.

Yup, just seen it.

Everything's changed again. Have I missed it, or have the idiots now completely removed the option to display "subscribed" threads?

There is a "contributed" view. I guess that might be them just using a stupid / misleading name for it, which I wouldn't put past them. I'll dig further.

Cheers, Martin

[MP99]

OK, there it is.

Go to "subscribed forum" (the star). Gives you a list of the forums you're subscribed to.

But, if you persevere and scroll down multiple pages, there it is - the list of threads to which you are subscribed.

At least the "unread" filter now works again, so that's a positive.

Cheers, Martin

[Star One]

They've just pushed out an update at least on iOS they have which is stated to be the first of a number of updates to be made in response to recent feedback to their changes.

Yup, just seen it.

Everything's changed again. Have I missed it, or have the idiots now completely removed the option to display "subscribed" threads?

There is a "contributed" view. I guess that might be them just using a stupid / misleading name for it, which I wouldn't put past them. I'll dig further.

Cheers, Martin

To be fair they did state this is the first of a number of updates, so I'll wait until they've finished before passing judgement.

By the way this first update has now turned up on Android.

[MP99]

They've just pushed out an update at least on iOS they have which is stated to be the first of a number of updates to be made in response to recent feedback to their changes.

Yup, just seen it.

Everything's changed again. Have I missed it, or have the idiots now completely removed the option to display "subscribed" threads?

There is a "contributed" view. I guess that might be them just using a stupid / misleading name for it, which I wouldn't put past them. I'll dig further.

Cheers, Martin

To be fair they did state this is the first of a number of updates, so I'll wait until they've finished before passing judgement.

By the way this first update has now turned up on Android.

OK, thanks (and I am on Android).

cheers, Martin

[Star One]

Just to let people know a second update has been delivered today on the Android version.

[MP99]

OK, so in Tt I select the a thread from my list of subscribed threads.

It takes me to page 1/57, but says this was pasted 1 day ago.

When I go to page 2/57, the post is from Jan 9th.

Page 57/57 then repeats the same posts that were shown on page 1!

 

Chris - can you get the webmaster to investigate?

cheers, Martin

Edit: PS I'm running v4.11.4

[mtakala24]

That looks like Tapatalk bug or a forum software tapatalk plugin bug to me.

[nlec]

it looks like the Tapatalk app on my Windows 8.1 tablet has been updated. Now the "unread" section says "no data found". Any suggestions? Known bug? Works for other forums, just not NSF.

[Star One]

Every time I post on here I get a Thread Error 2211 message, this has only been occurring since the last app update on iOS. It also happens on other forums & seems it is something to do with the forum plugin.

[Jester]

Every time I post on here I get a Thread Error 2211 message, this has only been occurring since the last app update on iOS. It also happens on other forums & seems it is something to do with the forum plugin.

i've updated the plugin to the latest version, let me know if it helps

[Star One]

Seems to have fixed it.

Just noticed I can finally like posts on here through Tapatalk. Though they seem to appear but then disappear afterwards.

[MP99]

Seems to have fixed it.

Just noticed I can finally like posts on here through Tapatalk. Though they seem to appear but then disappear afterwards.

It's something specific to Tapatalk, I think. Not the same likes shown on the main site.

Cheers, Martin

[fgonella]

I don't know if anyone else has the same problem. Tapatalk for iPhone doesn't load any image , they all appear as broken links. If I do open the page in browser, however, it loads them correctly. Also I don't have issues with pictures in Tapatalk with other forums I follow.

[Star One]

I don't know if anyone else has the same problem. Tapatalk for iPhone doesn't load any image , they all appear as broken links. If I do open the page in browser, however, it loads them correctly. Also I don't have issues with pictures in Tapatalk with other forums I follow.

What iPhone do you have?

I recently changed from an older iPhone to a 6S+ & the images load much faster on the latter compared to the former.

[MP99]

I don't know if anyone else has the same problem. Tapatalk for iPhone doesn't load any image , they all appear as broken links. If I do open the page in browser, however, it loads them correctly. Also I don't have issues with pictures in Tapatalk with other forums I follow.

Tapatalk does this for most images, and I'm on Android.

Tapatalk only survives because of a lack of competition.

Cheers, Martin

[Star One]

I don't know if anyone else has the same problem. Tapatalk for iPhone doesn't load any image , they all appear as broken links. If I do open the page in browser, however, it loads them correctly. Also I don't have issues with pictures in Tapatalk with other forums I follow.

Tapatalk does this for most images, and I'm on Android.

Tapatalk only survives because of a lack of competition.

Cheers, Martin

Again I don't get this issue.

[Star One]

New update of Tapatalk on iOS just turned up & one of the bug fixes is fixes some photos not being able to display.

[MP99]

Just had an android update. Mentions something about photos.

Still no better as far as I can tell.

cheers, Martin

[Star One]

Just had an android update. Mentions something about photos.

Still no better as far as I can tell.

cheers, Martin

Might be worth contacting the developers which you can do through the app.

[Herb Schaltegger]

Not sure if it's a problem on my end, but there was an "update" - I use the term lightly - to Tapatalk on iOS last night and now all images are broken in the app. Not having this problem on several other forums I checked, only NSF.

[rsnellen4]

Not sure if it's a problem on my end, but there was an "update" - I use the term lightly - to Tapatalk on iOS last night and now all images are broken in the app. Not having this problem on several other forums I checked, only NSF.

Seeing the same thing -

[Johnnyhinbos]

Not sure if it's a problem on my end, but there was an "update" - I use the term lightly - to Tapatalk on iOS last night and now all images are broken in the app. Not having this problem on several other forums I checked, only NSF.

Seeing the same thing -

Generally speaking, when Tapatalk updates, the server's Tapatalk plug-in also needs to be updated as well. My guess is the NSF Tapatalk plug-in is out of date...

[Star One]

Does anyone know what's the logic behind Tapatalk keeping on changing the look of the UI?

[Herb Schaltegger]

Does anyone know what's the logic behind Tapatalk keeping on changing the look of the UI?

I'm gonna go with "lack of clear UI design vision" + "lack of confidence in what they're doing" + "borderline incompetence." :p

[Jester]

I've updated the plug-in, hopefully its better now...

[Herb Schaltegger]

Thanks Jester but still not working here. Alas.

[wholmeswa]

Thanks Jester but still not working here. Alas.

I am also seeing this problem. I reported via "Contact us" in Tapatalk.

Wayne

[Star One]

Same here. Images showing as broken links.

[fgonella]

Same here, as it was the case in the past several months. The preview pics in topics list work, though.

[Chris Bergin]

Personally I'd say got to "full site" to view images and view the site how it was intended.....

Going to "full site" is the *first thing I do* when my phone "decides" it wants to load up the forum in that horrible tapatalk format (which seems to be some annoying default rather than an option. It really should only be an option).

[MP99]

Personally I'd say got to "full site" to view images and view the site how it was intended.....

Going to "full site" is the *first thing I do* when my phone "decides" it wants to load up the forum in that horrible tapatalk format (which seems to be some annoying default rather than an option. It really should only be an option).

Concensus of opinion in our local developer community is that web has had its day, and that in the future it will become more and more critical to offer a good user experience via apps (or at minimum an excellent "responsive" version of the website. Otherwise, the pain of viewing the content will outweigh the attraction of the content itself for all but the most committed.

Frankly SMF are falling down on the job here by not offering an app front end.

Personally, if my laptop is on, it's because I'm working on it. It's once I switch it off that I want to do my leisure activities (or snatching a few minutes on the move between client meetings). I've missed a fair bit of content because of Tapatalk issues (mostly images, but text formatting is often mangled, too). Your users are inexorably moving to a world of mobiles and tablets. You can be left behind and lose your user base, or you can embrace it.

Cheers, Martin

[MP99]

Oh, and another reason not to use the web version on my tablet - basically just doesn't work when I try to reply to a thread.

See http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=32918.msg1474123#msg1474123

Cheers, Martin

[Star One]

Personally I'd say got to "full site" to view images and view the site how it was intended.....

Going to "full site" is the *first thing I do* when my phone "decides" it wants to load up the forum in that horrible tapatalk format (which seems to be some annoying default rather than an option. It really should only be an option).

Concensus of opinion in our local developer community is that web has had its day, and that in the future it will become more and more critical to offer a good user experience via apps (or at minimum an excellent "responsive" version of the website. Otherwise, the pain of viewing the content will outweigh the attraction of the content itself for all but the most committed.

Frankly SMF are falling down on the job here by not offering an app front end.

Personally, if my laptop is on, it's because I'm working on it. It's once I switch it off that I want to do my leisure activities (or snatching a few minutes on the move between client meetings). I've missed a fair bit of content because of Tapatalk issues (mostly images, but text formatting is often mangled, too). Your users are inexorably moving to a world of mobiles and tablets. You can be left behind and lose your user base, or you can embrace it.

Cheers, Martin

But these issues at least for me always come through the app version of it.

[Herb Schaltegger]

Well, all I'm saying is I use Tapatak with at least a dozen forums and they're all pretty much working as normal except NSF, and NSF was working great until the most recent Tapatalk update. Personally I like READING forums (including the pretty pictures) on my phone. When I want to write a post, I prefer my laptop. But I don't have my laptop with me all the time ... So anyway, yeah. Something's broken.

[Jester]

They released another server update, which I just installed, better ??

[Star One]

They released another server update, which I just installed, better ??

Sorry still a bunch of broken links for me.

[Herb Schaltegger]

They released another server update, which I just installed, better ??

Sorry still a bunch of broken links for me.

Ditto. Darn it.

[Star One]

They released another server update, which I just installed, better ??

Sorry still a bunch of broken links for me.

Ditto. Darn it.

It's getting really annoying.

[mtakala24]

I feel you pain(s), but I doubt there is much that can be done, if the plugins are up to date.

I used Tapatalk, but it was just way too buggy in general, and reverted to just using the browser. Having a high resolution display on the phone (moved from Samsung Galaxy S2 to Nexus 5) helped. Hearing these continued shortcomings of Tapatalk does not sound good

[Star One]

I've reported the issue to them which is all I think people can do on this side.

[Herb Schaltegger]

I just noticed that some images in the most recent posts in public OG-2 thread (vertical S1 on LC-40) are appearing along with a weather radar image. Links versus attachments maybe?

[Star One]

I just noticed that some images in the most recent posts in public OG-2 thread (vertical S1 on LC-40) are appearing along with a weather radar image. Links versus attachments maybe?

I noticed the same in today's EVA thread.

[wholmeswa]

As a result of my support request Tapatalk added me up to their beta program and will make a test build available to me to once it goes through review.

Not sure about when that will happen (entering a three day weekend in the states), but wanted to at least let people know the issue is being actively worked by Tapatalk.

Will update the thread when I have some results.

Wayne

[Star One]

I cannot understand why this issue seems limited to this forum of the ones I use.

[Star One]

Sorry for bumping the thread. Apparently Tapatalk are rolling out a patch for the broken images today.

[the_other_Doug]

Personally I'd say got to "full site" to view images and view the site how it was intended.....

Going to "full site" is the *first thing I do* when my phone "decides" it wants to load up the forum in that horrible tapatalk format (which seems to be some annoying default rather than an option. It really should only be an option).

Concensus of opinion in our local developer community is that web has had its day, and that in the future it will become more and more critical to offer a good user experience via apps (or at minimum an excellent "responsive" version of the website. Otherwise, the pain of viewing the content will outweigh the attraction of the content itself for all but the most committed.

Frankly SMF are falling down on the job here by not offering an app front end.

Personally, if my laptop is on, it's because I'm working on it. It's once I switch it off that I want to do my leisure activities (or snatching a few minutes on the move between client meetings). I've missed a fair bit of content because of Tapatalk issues (mostly images, but text formatting is often mangled, too). Your users are inexorably moving to a world of mobiles and tablets. You can be left behind and lose your user base, or you can embrace it.

Cheers, Martin

Disagree.  I can type 60 to 80 wpm on a real keyboard, and about 15 wpm on my tablet.  It goes down to about 10 wpm on my phone.  The virtual keyboards are too small for me to type on them very quickly.  And before you tell me to just attach a real, full-size keyboard to my phone or tablet, consider that those devices are portable, while a full-size keyboard is not.

I prefer to use the full site format, even on my tablet, mainly *because* Tapatalk doesn't intervene and muck up the forum or its functionality when I do so.  I vote to keep the full forum formatting as much as possible, regardless of platform...

[wholmeswa]

Tapatalk made a new build for me that fixes the problem.

Will update thread when I hear news of a general release date.

Wayne

[wholmeswa]

The full fix is for both the client and the Tapatalk servers. Just verified for Tapatalk support that can get images back by delete/install the released client. So you can give that a try or wait for the next client release.

Wayne

[Star One]

The full fix is for both the client and the Tapatalk servers. Just verified for Tapatalk support that can get images back by delete/install the released client. So you can give that a try or wait for the next client release.

Wayne

So uninstall the app & reinstall it is then.

[MP99]

I have v5.4.8 of the app on my tablet (Samsung Note 8.0, N5120, Android 4.4.2), and phone (Nexus 6, Android 6.0.1).

Browsing the same thread, images are displaying on the phone but not the tablet.

Looking forward to the fix being released.

Cheers, Martin

PS phone was new in mid December, so TT was first installed on phone then.

[Star One]

Yep uninstalling & reinstalling the app worked on my iPhone, images are now back on here.

[MP99]

Hmm, I wonder if the fix will also stop the "unfortunately, Tapatalk has stopped" fails?

Not sure if this only happens on the tablet. It used to mostly happen when tapping through to the full sized images. That seems to have been fixed a little while ago. Fails now just happen when browsing threads.

Cheers, Martin

[fgonella]

Images are back on my iPhone, too, without the need for reinstall. Thank you all!  Today I'll be able to follow properly the Jason 3 launch coverage!

[wholmeswa]

Images are back on my iPhone, too, without the need for reinstall. Thank you all!  Today I'll be able to follow properly the Jason 3 launch coverage!

They were working on a server side only fix. Sounds like they were able to get that working as well.

[Herb Schaltegger]

Just wanted to confirm that Tapatalk on iOS is now displaying images properly. Thanks to the fine folks at NSF who installed the server plugin patches and such to make it work. Very much appreciated.

[Star One]

Just updated Tapatalk again on iOS & keep getting an error that when making a post that includes quote or multi-quote a message comes up saying you cannot post as there has been a value error, but when you look it has actually posted.

[Jester]

Just updated Tapatalk again on iOS & keep getting an error that when making a post that includes quote or multi-quote a message comes up saying you cannot post as there has been a value error, but when you look it has actually posted.

Not sure if this is the client on the server plugin, but i've updated the server part to the latest version.

[Star One]

Just updated Tapatalk again on iOS & keep getting an error that when making a post that includes quote or multi-quote a message comes up saying you cannot post as there has been a value error, but when you look it has actually posted.

Not sure if this is the client on the server plugin, but i've updated the server part to the latest version.

Now only occurring when featuring a post with multi-quotes like this one.

[NovaSilisko]

Not super important, but it seems like people posting with Tapatalk now automatically have a "Posted from my ____ with Tapatalk" added to the end of their posts, and it's a little annoying. I don't recall seeing it do this before now.

[Star One]

Not super important, but it seems like people posting with Tapatalk now automatically have a "Posted from my ____ with Tapatalk" added to the end of their posts, and it's a little annoying. I don't recall seeing it do this before now.

I thought it always did that as its one of the first things I change in the settings on a fresh install.

[Chris Bergin]

Any way to stop the crap:

"Sent by my phone via tapatalk" on every post when someone's posted with tapatalk?

It looks stupid on so many posts.

[the_other_Doug]

Any way to stop the crap:

"Sent by my phone via tapatalk" on every post when someone's posted with tapatalk?

It looks stupid on so many posts.

As a guy with prior experience in user interface development for software products, if I had to guess, I'd say that Tapatalk just came out with an update that reset the "Tapatalk signature" option (or whatever they call it) to "on" -- and understandably so, they want the public to see how they are handling all these people with their forum management software.  In other words, it's free advertising for their product.

I would also guess that this option can be turned off again, but I bet it can't be filtered externally.  I'd also guess the people whose posts are being adorned by this free ad aren't really aware of it.  Perhaps a few PMs in the right direction could get them to turn the option off on their devices.

I'd be disgusted and upset if Tapatalk took out any option control for this and are insisting that, going forward, every post made through their app must include their ad line.

(I will note that I have never been impressed with Tapatalk and preferentially display the full website on my tablet and phone; it works a whole lot better, IMHO.  But because I don't use Tapatalk, I obviously can't directly verify my suspicions.  And I won't start using it just to verify it; the one time it tried to get a hold of my forums, I had the devil's own time getting it to let go!)

[Chris Bergin]

Thanks! Yeah, it's really started turning up on so many posts just recently. Wasn't sure if it's something we can filter here or if individuals have to turn it off.

*Sent by my overworked PC via my fingers*

[Star One]

Thanks! Yeah, it's really started turning up on so many posts just recently. Wasn't sure if it's something we can filter here or if individuals have to turn it off.

*Sent by my overworked PC via my fingers*

I just checked at least with me it hasn't between reset & signature is still set to none as it should be.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

I've been caught out by tapatalk on this. If you use Reply from the top right menu in the app (at least on iOS) then it automatically ticks the 'Sent from ...' tag line addition. It's trivial to just untick it before posting, but you have to spot on the screen that you need too!

[Star One]

I've been caught out by tapatalk on this. If you use Reply from the top right menu in the app (at least on iOS) then it automatically ticks the 'Sent from ...' tag line addition. It's trivial to just untick it before posting, but you have to spot on the screen that you need too!

Sounds more like a bug than anything else.

[sanman]

I always seem to get chatroom chatter in my notifications - does anybody else have this problem?

[Chris Bergin]

I always seem to get chatroom chatter in my notifications - does anybody else have this problem?

Can you explain what you mean?

[sanman]

I always seem to get chatroom chatter in my notifications - does anybody else have this problem?

Can you explain what you mean?

Is there some kind of chatroom on this forum site? Because I've gotten Tapatalk notifications from NasaSpaceFlight.com which say stuff like:

"Hey"
"Hi"
"How are you?
"Good, what's up?"
etc, etc

And along with that, there's some Tapatalk checkbox which says "Ignore chatroom" or something like that. I've checked the checkbox, but I'm not sure it's working.

[Chris Bergin]

I always seem to get chatroom chatter in my notifications - does anybody else have this problem?

Can you explain what you mean?

Is there some kind of chatroom on this forum site? Because I've gotten Tapatalk notifications from NasaSpaceFlight.com which say stuff like:

"Hey"
"Hi"
"How are you?
"Good, what's up?"
etc, etc

And along with that, there's some Tapatalk checkbox which says "Ignore chatroom" or something like that. I've checked the checkbox, but I'm not sure it's working.

There's no chat room on this site. So that's got nothing to do with us. No idea about tapatalk and whatever bug that may be, but it'll be with tapatalk, not this site.

[Star One]

Since the most recent Tapatalk update every time I post in a thread it may or may not auto subscribe me to it whether I like it or not. The instances seem entirely random.

[Chris Bergin]

Can everyone using tapatalk please turn off the:

"Sent via my iPotato via Tapatalk" options, as I'm getting tired of it being automatically posted in posts. It can be rather annoying, especially if it is like this:

Yes Jim, you're right yet again.

SENT VIA MY HTC-7439123APlusGoldStandard Amazing Phone that plays Angry Birds really Well V2"

It's not the forum, it's your phone/tapatalk doing it via one of its latest updates, as noted above.

Such bylines get quotes as part of your post in quotes. If anyone sees anyone posting with that line in their post, PM this post to inform them.

[Lar]

Now I want an iPotato...

[Star One]

Is there a fix for Tapatalk keep subscribing you to threads you've posted in whether you like it or not? It never used to do this until the most recent update of the app.

[Retired Downrange]

IPotato...
http://tablet-news.com/2013/06/08/man-buys-ipad-in-england-gets-a-box-of-potatoes-instead/ipotato-google-search/

[Chris Bergin]

A reminder, before we can get rid of tapatalk use on here, anyone posting via that awful app needs to REMOVE the setting that automatically posts ""Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk" in every post you make.

They are just using you to spam.

Remove the setting, or edit it out of your post, or we'll delete the post.

[pippin]

A problem is that Tapatalk keeps re-activating that setting automatically from time to time and it scraps it from what you see yourself so usually you don't even notice you posted this. Plus, you then need to EDIT the post to remove it.

[pippin]

Oh, and please don't "get rid of" Tapatalk. You'd also get rid of users like me who heavily rely on it.

[wholmeswa]

Another vote for leaving Tapatalk support on this forum. I use it every day to track just the forums I have an interest in.

[Chris Bergin]

A problem is that Tapatalk keeps re-activating that setting automatically from time to time and it scraps it from what you see yourself so usually you don't even notice you posted this. Plus, you then need to EDIT the post to remove it.

Ha! Wow, that's so poor of them.

Anyone had any success in talking with that company? I don't want this place covered in "Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk". I've even noticed one person PMing me, had that as a link at the bottom of his message and that showed me all the places he was using tapatalk, which I doubt he opted into it (based on some of the places linked )

Won't be getting rid of it until we have a good alternative, but yeah, people using need to edit it out of their posts or find a way to remove it via settings each time they force it on again. People complaining to me think NSF is adding it to posts.

[RemoveBeforeFlight]

I'm having an issue with images loading. I have checked settings etc and they should be loading. Anyone else been having this issue?

Edit: Removed sig

[Chris Bergin]

By the way, I'm just having a moan. Nothing will be "removed" unless we have something better. For the meantime, I just want people using this to get rid of that silly message. That will ease the complaints I have to deal with per people seeing it.

For the interim, imagine me as Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man reviewing K-Mart.

"Tapatalk sucks".

[pippin]

Well, I agree Tapatalk kind of sucks in many things but it's still quite convenient if you can browse outside Safari since at least on iOS it lets you open temporary web views for images and all.

Even goes so far that I once considered writing an own app based on their plugin (they can't claim it's their interface because it's you hosting it not them).
If I just found a supplier for those 48h days....

[Star One]

It's easy to remove the signature they usually only reactivate it on major updates so providing you keep that in mind you can usually successfully keep the option turned off.

[nukie19]

I'm having an issue with images loading. I have checked settings etc and they should be loading. Anyone else been having this issue?

Edit: Removed sig

I've had the same problem with pictures as well.  I thought maybe it was just the larger ones, but even regular pictures don't seem to display properly.

[x15_fan]

Has anyone else had the following error in TT when trying to access L2 content for the last few days?

[Chris Bergin]

Has anyone else had the following error in TT when trying to access L2 content for the last few days?

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=44520.msg1781110#msg1781110

Tapatalk.....

[starsilk]

just a minor niggle with the site's tapatalk support - it seems to use the old logo for the site thumbnail. I tried unsubscribing/resubscribing but it stays the same...

[CyndyC]

Is there a way to like a post in Tapatalk?

[Johnnyhinbos]

Is there a way to like a post in Tapatalk?

I don't think directly. You need to right click on the post, select web view (make sure you're signed on in the web view), and like it from there. One thing I also do is from the web view scroll all the way to the bottom and set it to desktop formatting instead of mobile. Mobile web view is really annoying to work with (IMO). Once you set it to the desktop version it pretty much stays defaulted to that view from then on.

[CyndyC]

Is there a way to like a post in Tapatalk?

I don't think directly. You need to right click on the post, select web view (make sure you're signed on in the web view), and like it from there. One thing I also do is from the web view scroll all the way to the bottom and set it to desktop formatting instead of mobile. Mobile web view is really annoying to work with (IMO). Once you set it to the desktop version it pretty much stays defaulted to that view from then on.

Good to know I couldn't find "Like" because it's not there. If by "right click" using Tapatalk on a phone you meant the mini-options button at the top right of each post, I don't have a web view option there, but at the bottom right of the whole page is a "Full site" button which took me to web view. I like the larger view of posts on Tapatalk, but I consider liking posts to be a significant part of the spirit of the threads, so will stay with web view. Thx Hinbos!

[Johnnyhinbos]

LOL - that's what I get for posting from my desktop.


What I was meaning to saw (at least from an iOS device) is, from the post you want to like, tap the screen to bring up a context menu. Should say something to the effect of, Quote | Share | Report | More


Click More and two more options slide up from thee bottom, Multi-Quote (hate it!) and Web View.


That Web View will bring with to the thread, scrolled to the post. From there you can like the post. Just hit the Done in the upper left of the screen to return to Tapatalk.


I'm going to like your post right now...

Is there a way to like a post in Tapatalk?

I don't think directly. You need to right click on the post, select web view (make sure you're signed on in the web view), and like it from there. One thing I also do is from the web view scroll all the way to the bottom and set it to desktop formatting instead of mobile. Mobile web view is really annoying to work with (IMO). Once you set it to the desktop version it pretty much stays defaulted to that view from then on.

Good to know I couldn't find "Like" because it's not there. If by "right click" using Tapatalk on a phone you meant the mini-options button at the top right of each post, I don't have a web view option there, but at the bottom right of the whole page is a "Full site" button which took me to web view. I like the larger view of posts on Tapatalk, but I consider liking posts to be a significant part of the spirit of the threads, so will stay with web view. Thx Hinbos!

[yokem55]

Attached images don't seem to be loading in Tapatalk on Android.

Is it just me, or is anyone else having this?

[Andy Smith]

Attached images don't seem to be loading in Tapatalk on Android.

Is it just me, or is anyone else having this?

I'm having the same problem with Tapatalk on an iPad

[Star One]

Attached images don't seem to be loading in Tapatalk on Android.

Is it just me, or is anyone else having this?

I'm having the same problem with Tapatalk on an iPad

The same now on my iPhone.

[Star One]

This issue is getting ridiculous as something like the SES-12 update thread made no sense as all the images were broken.

I don’t know about other forum members but I have reported it to the app developers.

[tyrred]

Odd. Nothing changed on my Winphone 😁

[Johnnyhinbos]

Touch wood, but everything’s copacetic with my iPhone.

[Star One]

Touch wood, but everything’s copacetic with my iPhone.

That’s curious because I am on an iPhone as well.

[Chris Bergin]

Some sort of rolled out update by Tapatalk? Obviously not our end, but worth nothing we've not altered anything recently, so  it'll be a tapatalk change.

[Star One]

Some sort of rolled out update by Tapatalk? Obviously not our end, but worth nothing we've not altered anything recently, so  it'll be a tapatalk change.

I’ve yet to hear anything back from the app developers.

[Star One]

I’ve now heard back from the developers who state the forum has an outdated Tapatalk plugin. They further state they advised you of this some time ago.

[Star One]

It has been a week now is there any update on this matter?

[yokem55]

Attached images in Tapatalk are now working as of this morning. Thanks!

[Star One]

Attached images in Tapatalk are now working as of this morning. Thanks!

Not for me on iOS they aren’t. The situation remains the same with all images showing as broken.

[Andy Smith]

Attached images in Tapatalk are now working as of this morning. Thanks!

Not for me on iOS they aren’t. The situation remains the same with all images showing as broken.

Not for me on iOS either - all images still broken

[pippin]

Same here. All images broken on iOS

[wholmeswa]

I am seeing images on the EVA 51 thread via Tapatalk on my iPad. Are you?

[Andy DC]

Attached images in Tapatalk are now working as of this morning. Thanks!

Not for me on iOS they aren’t. The situation remains the same with all images showing as broken.

Works fine on my iphone. But I use the site as it's intended, not with some external plug in like tapatalk. I suggest you should do likewise.

[Star One]

Attached images in Tapatalk are now working as of this morning. Thanks!

Not for me on iOS they aren’t. The situation remains the same with all images showing as broken.

Works fine on my iphone. But I use the site as it's intended, not with some external plug in like tapatalk. I suggest you should do likewise.

Two reasons I use it. The formatting & the constant login.

[Star One]

Images suddenly seem to be working again.

[Chris Bergin]

Images suddenly seem to be working again.

And we did nothing (as Mark's on holiday), so.......

Looking at you, tapatalk!

[Star One]

Images suddenly seem to be working again.

And we did nothing (as Mark's on holiday), so.......

Looking at you, tapatalk!

Yet you saw their response posted above when I contacted them, make of that what you will!!!

[tyrred]

Is anyone else having this Tapatalk error on Winphone today?  (Also, does anyone else even have a Winphone today?  Am I a dinosaur?)
"Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position1."
Tapping ok gets me an empty screen.  That's all.  No NSF on mobile through Tapatalk.
I cleared the cache, changed from dark to light theme, restarted, changed from light to dark theme again, restarted... And still get the same error.  I have reported it to Tapatalk.
This error is not affecting my other forums on Tapatalk, so it seems NSF specific.
Attached screenshot.

[Chris Bergin]

As in trying to open up the front of the forum? Trying to understand how you get to that. Problem is, given the tapatalk fanclub here, no one else reporting an issue makes - as with any issue where only one person notes it - localized to your device. Of course, you may be the only person with a Winphone.  Reason for saying that is it would be better to work your local issue as opposed to changing anything in the site that could impact everyone else, so the tapatalk gang here may have advice.

[old_geez]

Unsure if this is the right place to ask, but I’m a new member here, using Tapatalk to access the forums.
For some reason all of the pictures in any thread just display as broken links.
Is there a setting somewhere I need to fix?

[tyrred]

As in trying to open up the front of the forum? Trying to understand how you get to that. Problem is, given the tapatalk fanclub here, no one else reporting an issue makes - as with any issue where only one person notes it - localized to your device. Of course, you may be the only person with a Winphone.  Reason for saying that is it would be better to work your local issue as opposed to changing anything in the site that could impact everyone else, so the tapatalk gang here may have advice.

Understood.  My problem persists, and Tapatalk has not responded to my error report.  I'll try them again.  In the meantime, shopping for a new phone is so much fun 

[RedLineTrain]

Unsure if this is the right place to ask, but I’m a new member here, using Tapatalk to access the forums.
For some reason all of the pictures in any thread just display as broken links.
Is there a setting somewhere I need to fix?

I haven't used Tapatalk for a while, but I used to have this problem.  Try clearing the app data for Tapatalk in settings (assuming Android).  Note that this will indeed clear all of the data, so you will have to start over in adding forums, etc.

[old_geez]

Unsure if this is the right place to ask, but I’m a new member here, using Tapatalk to access the forums.
For some reason all of the pictures in any thread just display as broken links.
Is there a setting somewhere I need to fix?

I haven't used Tapatalk for a while, but I used to have this problem.  Try clearing the app data for Tapatalk in settings (assuming Android).  Note that this will indeed clear all of the data, so you will have to start over in adding forums, etc.

I’m using it on iOS but I’ll give that a go.
Thanks.

[tyrred]

Tapatalk responded, and BIG SURPRISE support from Macrostaffed ended. 

In the meantime, though, I've been exploring the virtues of the mobile site which works well enough for viewing at least on Windows 8.1 with UC Browser.

[Star One]

Has anyone encountered large ads recently when viewing this forum through Tapatalk? Due to their size and frequency they are very easy to hit. They also seem to cause the forum scrolling to stutter which again can cause you to hit them by accident.

[Chris Bergin]

Has anyone encountered large ads recently when viewing this forum through Tapatalk? Due to their size and frequency they are very easy to hit. They also seem to cause the forum scrolling to stutter which again can cause you to hit them by accident.

Clearly not served by us, but by Tapatalk. Noticed a desktop forum using tapatalk as its software is now showing loads of ads and offering a "Premium ad free version".

As I've said before, Tapatalk sucks.

[Lar]

Has anyone encountered large ads recently when viewing this forum through Tapatalk? Due to their size and frequency they are very easy to hit. They also seem to cause the forum scrolling to stutter which again can cause you to hit them by accident.

Clearly not served by us, but by Tapatalk. Noticed a desktop forum using tapatalk as its software is now showing loads of ads and offering a "Premium ad free version".

As I've said before, Tapatalk sucks.

Are there long term plans to change away from it?

[Star One]

Has anyone encountered large ads recently when viewing this forum through Tapatalk? Due to their size and frequency they are very easy to hit. They also seem to cause the forum scrolling to stutter which again can cause you to hit them by accident.

Clearly not served by us, but by Tapatalk. Noticed a desktop forum using tapatalk as its software is now showing loads of ads and offering a "Premium ad free version".

As I've said before, Tapatalk sucks.

Are there long term plans to change away from it?

I will if they keep this up. Surely they must realise this will drive users away from them full stop, rather than driving them to the premium version which I suspect is what they hope will happen.

[Chris Bergin]

Has anyone encountered large ads recently when viewing this forum through Tapatalk? Due to their size and frequency they are very easy to hit. They also seem to cause the forum scrolling to stutter which again can cause you to hit them by accident.

Clearly not served by us, but by Tapatalk. Noticed a desktop forum using tapatalk as its software is now showing loads of ads and offering a "Premium ad free version".

As I've said before, Tapatalk sucks.

Are there long term plans to change away from it?

That'd be the dream idea.

Next is to modify the forum to match the news site better. We'll remain with SMF as it's a bad idea to make major changes to functionality.

Then we'll work the mobile version and hopefully make it so everyone who doesn't like desktop (seriously, I use desktop mode on my phone lol) have a valid and in-house option. Now when we get to that dev, we'll crowdsource ideas so we create a good version.

But yeah. News site is great. Servers are now great. That's worked out really well. Next is the match the forum to it (desktop). Then mobile.

[techdude06]

I would love to move away from tapatalk, but I find the subscribe function invaluable. It provides an easy way to keep track of updates to threads I care about, and pickup right where I left off on the thread. If the desktop or mobile version of the forums had that functionality I would move to that.

Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

[wholmeswa]

I would love to move away from tapatalk, but I find the subscribe function invaluable. It provides an easy way to keep track of updates to threads I care about, and pickup right where I left off on the thread. If the desktop or mobile version of the forums had that functionality I would move to that.

Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

Agreed. Tapatalk subscribe lets me easily just the stuff I am interested in.

[Star One]

I would love to move away from tapatalk, but I find the subscribe function invaluable. It provides an easy way to keep track of updates to threads I care about, and pickup right where I left off on the thread. If the desktop or mobile version of the forums had that functionality I would move to that.

Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

Out of interest do you use the premium or free Tapatalk?

General question to all Tapatalk users other than the lack of adverts is there much different between them?

[Johnnyhinbos]

I purchased the premium version of Tapatalk because I use it enough it was fully worth the purchase.

For all its faults I find it a far better mobile experience than anything else, and especially far better then the mobile version of NSF. I for one would have a really dim view of seeing the Tapatalk access go away, all else staying the same. I’ve left subscription based forums that I highly value because they dropped Tapatalk, as what they offered as a mobile alternative was abysmal.

[Chris Bergin]

I purchased the premium version of Tapatalk because I use it enough it was fully worth the purchase.

For all its faults I find it a far better mobile experience than anything else, and especially far better then the mobile version of NSF. I for one would have a really dim view of seeing the Tapatalk access go away, all else staying the same. I’ve left subscription based forums that I highly value because they dropped Tapatalk, as what they offered as a mobile alternative was abysmal.

I think the point I'd make to that in response is I doubt we're even capable of blocking such a thing and we're not one for "taking anything away" and forcing "NSF Mobile" on people. So it'd probably be another choice. The motivation for making NSF Mobile great would be to create something that people would move from tapatalk. Remember, Taptalk is out of our of control and I tend to shudder at the Tapatalk thread acting like NSF has a problem, when it's Tapatalk themselves. The "massive ads", and "premium" version - both of which gain NSF zero revenue, are an example of that. I would note if it's L2 members, then that "zero revenue" is no issue as they've paid their way already.

Anyway, this is a step ahead. We've sorted out the news site (I love it). We've sorted out the hosting (that was a big deal). We're next sorting out desktop forum (same forum, same software, but a design change to make it match the news site better and allow NSF more opportunities to ensure it's future viability. That's in work, in the background, now).

[Arb]

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Anyway, this is a step ahead. We've sorted out the news site (I love it). We've sorted out the hosting (that was a big deal). We're next sorting out desktop forum (same forum, same software, but a design change to make it match the news site better and allow NSF more opportunities to ensure it's future viability. That's in work, in the background, now).

Will you be taking suggestions Chris, like you did with the news site. I've got ~three.

[Chris Bergin]

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Anyway, this is a step ahead. We've sorted out the news site (I love it). We've sorted out the hosting (that was a big deal). We're next sorting out desktop forum (same forum, same software, but a design change to make it match the news site better and allow NSF more opportunities to ensure it's future viability. That's in work, in the background, now).

Will you be taking suggestions Chris, like you did with the news site. I've got ~three.

Absolutely. When we move to that phase, we'll open it out for suggestions to plan. I'll remember to buzz you in advance