Tapatalk

How is it better? I use lots of forums and have been wondering if Tapatalk is better. I installed it once and wasn’t excited.

Does it help browse topics using smartphones?

It very much helps browsing on smartphone or tablet, it syncs between devices where you stopped in a thread, so when you read on ipad for example, and stop after a few pages, and pick up your android phone, you can read on where you left off.
Also it removes the clutter wich you see when browsing forums on a small screen, you have the whole screen to read the thread.
Couple of years ago i did t like it either, since about a year it has become my first choise for reading forums, even on ipad air.

Noob here…still no Tapatalk?

Unfortunately Tapatalk isn’t available for the version of Drupal that I run here. My apologies.

Thanks. Is there any other Android app that carries it?

meh, I have tapatalk for a few other forums i’m in. I’m not exactly a huge fan of it.

Bad update!

Justifiably more an more negative ratings in the android store.

Very sad!

I do hope we can havean alternative. What i need

From tapatalk is the built in image hosting service. This enough limits my posts in this forum

Do you use the forum exclusively on a mobile device?

At some point I need to bite the bullet and upgrade BLF to the next major version of Drupal, which does appear to be minimally supported by Tapatalk. It’s going to be a huge investment in time to do the upgrade, which is why I’m putting it off and dreading every minute of it. But eventually I’ll have to do it, and after that we’ll probably have Tapatalk. Meanwhile, thanks for your patience!

No thank YOU for providing this venue. I’m a new member but I’ve lurked for years. You’ve saved me a pretty penny.

Ah, thanks for saying so! I’m really glad. And glad you came out of hiding too.

I do use the forum on pc on content consumption, but for content creation, i take pics on phone then upload it directly using tapatalk. I tend to go lazy to image uploading and linking. Or is there an easier method to

Upload pics here using phone?

I really love blf as it is now. Simple and it works great. If it isn't broken, why fix it? If the image hosting ability

Will cost me the overall look of blf ( more eye candy,

Getting more laggy,flashy stuff), i'd rather stay away from tapatalk.

Yes, I don’t plan on any major feature upgrades to BLF whenever I upgrade to the new version. The upgrade isn’t for new features, but rather is necessitated by the fact that the version we’re running now will eventually stop getting security updates, making it possibly vulnerable to hackers in the future after it stops being supported.

Actually there’s no way for anybody on any device to upload pics here (except for me with my super powers. :smiley: ) It would cost a fortune in bandwidth for BLF to host all the images we show here, so we just rely on 3rd party image hosting services.

Can you recommend a 3rd party android app where i can easily link the images from here? Thank you!

Personally if I use the phone to take pictures I then attach it to my computer with a USB cable. That way I can easily use the computer to upload a batch of images onto the internet.

For what it’s worth, Flickr may provide some of the functionality you’re looking for. It can automatically upload any photo you take on your phone to their servers, and you can then link those photos here. I’ve found their UI to be a little frustrating to use on mobile devices though.

You could also install Dropbox or similar app on your smartphone and your pc. When you install Dropbox on your smartphone it asks if you would like to enable the auto-upload feature for pictures taken with your phone. So as soon you take the picture it’s almost momentarily appears in your Dropbox folder on your PC.
Another option is Airdroid (if you have Android phone).