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Tapatalk Issue
- Thread starter Wally
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Wally
Club Member
I'm guessing it's forum specific then
tyroguru
Club Member
Yeah, I haven't been able to use Tapatalk for several days now - been meaning to follow up. It's the main way I read this site so a solution would be really appreciated! I was logged out and now I can't authenticate (as Wally has posted above). It appears to be specific to this forum as classiczcars.com is fine for me in Tapatalk.
tyroguru
Club Member
Is anyone aware of any other forum readers for iOS beside Tapatalk that work with Zclub.net? I completely understand the need to remove maintenance burden but I'd absolutely hate to have to use a browser to read the forum all the time. I generally catch up with forums when I have a spare minute and that's usually not when I'm in front of a computer.
Wally
Club Member
This is very much how I do things. I exclusively use tapatalk for ease and never access the forum on a computer.
toopy
Club Member
You can access the forum online via the phone just the same as on the PC, that's what i do, tried Tapatalk ages ago, hated it!
I’m with you! I generally hate browser based forum software. I had also bookmarked many threads over the years in Tapatalk which I’ve now lost without an opportunity to transfer them onto a browser
uk66fastback
Club Member
I couldn't make head nor tail of Tapatalk - the forum works just fine on the iPhone for me ... what exactly does Tapatalk do?
tyroguru
Club Member
Tapatalk is a pretty simple affair but it has some nice ease-of-use advantages, some of which Ali has mentioned above. I like the way the it presents the posts - much, much better for me than a browser based version on a phone or tablet. It also lets you download high res images extremely easily. Just a better experience than a browser for me. Of course, you could probably write a better app than this in a few days if you have any Swift or Objective-C skills but it's very niche so not surprising people don't.
I only use Tapatalk for this site and classiczcars.com because, as Jon says, not many sites support it.
Most apps such as this are really not adding much apart from better styling, presentation and some data organisation usually. Some people aren't at all concerned about that as witnessed by some comments saying that they found it pointless but others do find it valuable. Variety is good. It would be a real shame if Tapatalk access was taken away from Zclub.net but I get it if only a few use the facility and it's causing issues. It will definitely mean that I access the forums less purely because of how I use apps - generalised tools such as browsers slow access down for me and make it so that I don't access sites anywhere near as much as when I have a dedicated app.
I only use Tapatalk for this site and classiczcars.com because, as Jon says, not many sites support it.
Most apps such as this are really not adding much apart from better styling, presentation and some data organisation usually. Some people aren't at all concerned about that as witnessed by some comments saying that they found it pointless but others do find it valuable. Variety is good. It would be a real shame if Tapatalk access was taken away from Zclub.net but I get it if only a few use the facility and it's causing issues. It will definitely mean that I access the forums less purely because of how I use apps - generalised tools such as browsers slow access down for me and make it so that I don't access sites anywhere near as much as when I have a dedicated app.
uk66fastback
Club Member
Yes, I've heard some are still in the Dark Ages!
It's going to be removed unfortunately - I just haven't got round to it yet since it's a bit fiddly.