Tapatalk is being removed from TGC
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, Feb 18 2016 03:00 PM
Tapatalk Privacy Security
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#1
Posted 18 February 2016 - 03:00 PM
Due to the privacy and security issues inherent in Tapatalk, especially the ease with which users can unwittingly reveal their personal information to others, we've decided to retire Tapatalk from The Circle.
This isn't a decision we've taken lightly and we know that some people won't be happy about it, but we feel that the risks involved far outweigh any benefits it may bring.
To that end, support for Tapatalk will be permanently removed from The Green Circle on 1 March 2016.
We're very sorry to those of you who use and rely on Tapatalk to access The Circle, but this is a serious concern and we don't wish to be in any way involved in something which may put you and others at risk, however small that involvement may be, which is why we've taken this course.
The good news (apart from getting rid of Tapatalk!) is that we've now got a mobile skin which more than replaces Tapatalk's functionality, and which looks a lot better to boot.
The new skin is named Mobile - Mobivision v1.2 and we encourage mobile/Tapatalk users to switch to it as soon as possible rather than waiting until the very last minute — If it doesn't get selected as the default then you'll either see a link to Use Mobile Version, or you can select it in the Change Theme drop down at the bottom-left of the page.
The new skin really is very nice and easy to use, with those who have tested it so far saying that they much prefer it to Tapatalk, and we think we've ironed out all the bugs, but @Anonymiss will open a thread inviting bug reports and feature requests shortly, and @hazed bunny will start one showing how it replaces functionality Tapatalk provided.
This isn't a decision we've taken lightly and we know that some people won't be happy about it, but we feel that the risks involved far outweigh any benefits it may bring.
To that end, support for Tapatalk will be permanently removed from The Green Circle on 1 March 2016.
We're very sorry to those of you who use and rely on Tapatalk to access The Circle, but this is a serious concern and we don't wish to be in any way involved in something which may put you and others at risk, however small that involvement may be, which is why we've taken this course.
The good news (apart from getting rid of Tapatalk!) is that we've now got a mobile skin which more than replaces Tapatalk's functionality, and which looks a lot better to boot.
The new skin is named Mobile - Mobivision v1.2 and we encourage mobile/Tapatalk users to switch to it as soon as possible rather than waiting until the very last minute — If it doesn't get selected as the default then you'll either see a link to Use Mobile Version, or you can select it in the Change Theme drop down at the bottom-left of the page.
The new skin really is very nice and easy to use, with those who have tested it so far saying that they much prefer it to Tapatalk, and we think we've ironed out all the bugs, but @Anonymiss will open a thread inviting bug reports and feature requests shortly, and @hazed bunny will start one showing how it replaces functionality Tapatalk provided.
- Budgie, mellowed, Dekay and 16 others like this
#2
Posted 18 February 2016 - 03:34 PM
Yay
So it begins
I loved tapatalk and used it for years but the new mob skin that missy has set up is a lot better than tapatalk and makes the forum more usable with it than tapatalk ever did.
And with the mob skin you can use the shout box which you couldn't on tapatalk.
So it begins
I loved tapatalk and used it for years but the new mob skin that missy has set up is a lot better than tapatalk and makes the forum more usable with it than tapatalk ever did.
And with the mob skin you can use the shout box which you couldn't on tapatalk.
- Budgie, Dekay, 2scoops and 5 others like this
#4
Posted 24 February 2016 - 09:14 AM
5 more sleeps.
#8
Posted 06 March 2016 - 08:51 PM
Must admit missed the tapatalk bit but I do understand why it had gone.
- Budgie, hazed bunny and mrsDeeks like this
#9
Posted 09 March 2016 - 05:20 PM
Must admit missed the tapatalk bit but I do understand why it had gone.
It doesn't take long to get used to the mobile skin, which offers so much more of the sites' content/functionality than tapatalk ever could. The only pain is if you use tapa for several forums you lose that one way of doing things on all of them.
- Mrs Willy and hazed bunny like this
#10
Posted 09 March 2016 - 05:39 PM
Not to forget polls you can now vote in. Could not do that with tappa. It is different and takes a while to get into the flow of it, but after a week or 2 you forget it was any different
- Mrs Willy and Budgie like this