Tapatalk appears not supported, probably end of the M4C road for me

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Was finally able to get logged in and password reset.

But Tapatalk appears broken or deactivated.

99% of my m4c (and other forums) reading I use an Android tablet and tapatalk works exactly how I want a reader to work. Very fast to see what has changed, pop from thread to thread, etc.

I find the new M4C forum web interface busy/clunky on my PC and virtually unusable on mobile devices.
Sincere feedback:

  • 30-40% of my desktop monitor is unused, wasted space
  • Many boxes and popups get in the way. I’ll see if there is a way to turn some of that off, but it’s intrusive and largely not helpful. (Most of the related topics are either not related or are ancient.)
  • Performance appears fine for me, renders quickly. PW reset, etc appears much more modern.

But ultimately, the tablet experience via web is so bad that I’ll be very unlikely to use it. Maybe if there is a tapatalk like client I’ll try it. (I’ll search for one before giving up)

Don’t mean to be a downer, but I’m pretty discouraged. M4C was one of the last forums I still frequented. 65grendel I quit using due to no Tapatalk support as well.

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DIscourse Hub appears to be the client for Discourse.

I’ll be giving it a try, and I hope it works as well as Tapatalk. Or at least is more usable on tablets.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.discourse

I’ll report back with my experience.

And admins, congrats on the migration. I’m sure it was a giant job, and I see many, many things moved across (Like post counts, etc). I don’t mean to call your baby ugly, it’s a user perception thing. Then again, working for decades in the computer world, the “reader is always right” rule does apply, even if we think it shouldn’t. Time will tell!

If I was a regular desktop/laptop reader I’d probably find less differences and some improvements with the new forum code.

So I’m going to give discourse a chance with the app.

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Tapatalk
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I just tried the app. Attempted to post the following reply, but couldn’t, because the post button was offscreen.

“Seems pretty similar on the app. Almost like the app is just a link to the site. But I can’t adjust the zoom to make it work.”

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Yes, I’ve not fired it up yet, but reports are that it is just a front end. But opens up individual pages in your normal web browser.

But I’ll give it a try as well.

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I downloaded the iPhone app but can’t find M4C on it.

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You have to type out “m4carbine.net”, and hit “add”.

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Ok, that worked. Trying it out now.

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They should have just left it alone. This webpage from a phone thing stinks. M4c was dying as is, I think this will be the nail in the coffin.

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If the engagement and new post count is any indication, I fear you’re right. This was a colossal mistake.

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