Tapatalk Forum App v1.36 (Updated)

[Matrix Leader]

Tapatalk Forum App OS 6, which you previously purchased for your mobile device, has been updated to version 1.36.

If you wish to upgrade, you can do so by downloading the latest version from your account management page at My Account (BlackBerryOS Superstore: My Account)

Note: Most of the same version updates upgrade (i.e. from version 2.1 to version 2. 2) are free and most of the major upgrades (i.e. from version 2 to version 3) might require an upgrade fee.

Developer Message:

-Added more Hotkeys to Settings
* Please take a look at the Guide in the About Screen

- Increased image donwloading stability

-Added Options to create/reply pm directly from PM

- Added option to quote reply PM

-Added ability to View Subscribed Forums

-Bug Fixes

Source: Tapatalk Forum App on BlackBerryOS App Superstore

[TheOnlyJrod]

This is the same thing as BerryBlab, no?

[Matrix Leader]

I think, it is a Forums Viewer.

I asked Joe to install their tapatalk.php thingie to enable me to enjoy our forums using that app but I don't know what happened?

Joe, can you please do this?

Let me know if you want the link

Thanks

[DownForce]

I once considered installing Tapatalk on my site but after a little research I canned the idea. #1 - they charge for the iPhone app and I won't have my members having to pay anything to visit my site. And #2 - too many instances of security vulnerabilities in their software in the past that could put my site at risk. VB has a hard enough time keeping up to the security of their product let alone having another chink in the armour.

[Joe Jerde]

Still looking into this and I may not install for a couple reasons. First as DownForce pointed out, it promotes your members to pay to have to use part of the site. Second, security could be an issue, but I'm also worried how hard this plugin would be on the system. And lastly, a competitors site's forum is set as the app's default forum, which would be free advertising for them.

BBOS uses the latest version of vBulletin and a mobile style update that is way better than tapatalk's UI is coming out soon, perhaps by the end of this month.

[DownForce]

It might be better to add VB mobile suite to your existing license Joe. Costs a couple hundred bucks but you can be certain that it was designed to integrate in properly.

https://www.vbulletin.com/index.php?do=mobile

Oooopss......forget that......I forgot they don't support Blackberry.

[DownForce]

And VB's mostly official opinion of adding BlackBerry to their list of devices supported in their Mobile Suite. This is from their Senior Operations Manager:

There is more devices, unfortuantely the business case for Blackberry isn't as compelling.
They are really losing marketshare, the number of app downloads an average BlackBerry user makes is around 50% of Android, and 40% of iPhone users.
In addition, a lot of the Blackberry handsets out in circulation are older models that wouldn't be capable of running an app like ours, and we have to support a number of screen sizes and interfaces (keyboard/touchscreen)

I am not ruling it out - but at this point in time until Blackberry can produce a product to the level of Android/iPhone and that device can gain sufficient market share (and app downloads), there isn't a huge amount of value for us to add it.

[sabisgeek]

Still looking into this and I may not install for a couple reasons. First as DownForce pointed out, it promotes your members to pay to have to use part of the site. Second, security could be an issue, but I'm also worried how hard this plugin would be on the system. And lastly, a competitors site's forum is set as the app's default forum, which would be free advertising for them.

BBOS uses the latest version of vBulletin and a mobile style update that is way better than tapatalk's UI is coming out soon, perhaps by the end of this month.

Waiting EXRTREMELY impatiently...

By the way, has anyone else noticed that when viewing the site on OS6, it looks much better than OS5? Any way to change that, Joe? (i.e make the OS5 version look like OS6) Or does it have to do with webkit and all that?

[sabisgeek]

And VB's mostly official opinion of adding BlackBerry to their list of devices supported in their Mobile Suite. This is from their Senior Operations Manager:

I only have one word to say:
Ouch.

[Joe Jerde]

And VB's mostly official opinion of adding BlackBerry to their list of devices supported in their Mobile Suite. This is from their Senior Operations Manager:

Can you post the link to that post so I can submit a complaint.

[DownForce]

Post #18 in this thread where people are asking for more devices to be added:

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/378224-More-Devices

[Joe Jerde]

Thanks. It's pretty stupid to not develop for something that millions of users have.