Electronics Tapatalk Inserting Ads... Austinchief?

Lex Luthor · 02-23-2014, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

And I'd be livid. I use Tapatalk exclusively on my phone, and the ads don't bother me personally. I'd literally stop coming to CP on my phone if Tapatalk weren't available.

I take it you don't have an iPhone? I use my iPhone to go to Chiefsplanet a lot, and I strongly prefer it to Tapatalk.

**DaFace** · 02-23-2014, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Brainiac

I take it you don't have an iPhone? I use my iPhone to go to Chiefsplanet a lot, and I strongly prefer it to Tapatalk.

No, but I fail to see what an iPhone has to do with anything. It's not like Android's browsers are any different. I just like the Tapatalk interface dramatically more.

**Buehler445** · 02-24-2014, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

And I'd be livid. I use Tapatalk exclusively on my phone, and the ads don't bother me personally. I'd literally stop coming to CP on my phone if Tapatalk weren't available.

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Originally Posted by DaFace

No, but I fail to see what an iPhone has to do with anything. It's not like Android's browsers are any different. I just like the Tapatalk interface dramatically more.

Really? I paid the $3 or whatever to get it on my phone and spent a couple hours using it and deleted it from my phone. It seemed cumbersome and I missed the features that were unavailable. It's not bad on the full site at all. The only thing I have to zoom in for is to hit the little arrow to go to first new post.

I'm probably on my phone more than a PC over a years worth of browsing and I like the full site.

**DaFace** · 02-24-2014, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

Really? I paid the $3 or whatever to get it on my phone and spent a couple hours using it and deleted it from my phone. It seemed cumbersome and I missed the features that were unavailable. It's not bad on the full site at all. The only thing I have to zoom in for is to hit the little arrow to go to first new post.

I'm probably on my phone more than a PC over a years worth of browsing and I like the full site.

It took me a while to get used to it, but now that I am, I really like it. It loads way faster since it only loads the posts themselves, and it doesn't pre-load big images like gifs, again making it load the main page content better.

Instead of having to hit a relatively small link to move into a thread, you've got a space on the screen that's huge, so it's easy to click on without having to be anywhere near exact.

It's got a dark theme, so it's easier when I'm groggily checking things when I'm procrastinating getting up in the morning.

It takes a lot more vertical scrolling - that's the main thing that takes a while to get used to. And it doesn't do polls for some reason. Aside from that, it's a much nicer phone experience for me.

**Buehler445** · 02-24-2014, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

It took me a while to get used to it, but now that I am, I really like it. It loads way faster since it only loads the posts themselves, and it doesn't pre-load big images like gifs, again making it load the main page content better.

Instead of having to hit a relatively small link to move into a thread, you've got a space on the screen that's huge, so it's easy to click on without having to be anywhere near exact.

It's got a dark theme, so it's easier when I'm groggily checking things when I'm procrastinating getting up in the morning.

It takes a lot more vertical scrolling - that's the main thing that takes a while to get used to. And it doesn't do polls for some reason. Aside from that, it's a much nicer phone experience for me.

I guess I don't have that much of a problem. Only the girly threads and GIF'd up took awhile to load, even on my slow ass iPhone 4. When I used it, it didn't seem to add much and definitely killed some of the experience.

**DaFace** · 02-24-2014, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

I guess I don't have that much of a problem. Only the girly threads and GIF'd up took awhile to load, even on my slow ass iPhone 4. When I used it, it didn't seem to add much and definitely killed some of the experience.

Sure, and that's fine. My point is just that I enjoy Tapatalk and would be pretty irritated if it were removed as an option - just like you would be pretty irritated if suddenly Tapatalk were the ONLY option. If you don't like the ads on Tapatalk, it seems like the solution is pretty simple...

**Buehler445** · 02-24-2014, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

Sure, and that's fine. My point is just that I enjoy Tapatalk and would be pretty irritated if it were removed as an option - just like you would be pretty irritated if suddenly Tapatalk were the ONLY option. If you don't like the ads on Tapatalk, it seems like the solution is pretty simple...

I understand. I'm just surprised you endorse it so much. Candidly, it makes me think I missed something. You are significantly better at device usage than I am.