This app allows users to turn off the mobile ads ... Can't pay the bills like that, sorry.

I enjoy it each time someone comes in here and says they are removing or not installing tapatalk... it means more mobile users that will instead visit my forum. :)

Leave out Step 3, as listed in the original post. That step adds the popup. yellowpeter has commented in this thread that that is acceptable.

I'll be damned. Yep. Back when I installed this, there was a free version that allowed reading. Interesting. You win!

Sucks that this debate is over. It was fun while it lasted. Have you installed dartho's mobile skin yet? Maybe we can find something to argue about in that thread...

^^^

It's been nothing but positive for me. Even tho I have a mobile theme installed, most people seem to appreciate the usability of this app.

Actually while I agree Tapatalk is overall a positive experience (I have this and forum runner installed and people tend to prefer tapatalk 5 to 1) they have made some decisions I don't agree with but their loyalty is to the consumer buying the app, not the forum admin since we don't pay anything (for the non-branded app)

While as an admin you can set up advertising, in the tapatalk client settings users can still turn it off. So if any of your users look at the settings they probably turned it off.

Next, they did discontinue the free app- you have to buy the app to use it all all- no more free read-only access.

That's actually OK with me- I want tapatalk users to contribute by posting- giving people free read-only access is counter-intuitive to growing a forum IMO.

So yes Tapatalk isn't perfect, but it's better than a mobile style IMO- much better.

vBulletin has an "Official Mobile Style" built in now

http://youtu.be/D45CHqjxQzU

There is 0 difference in functionality between a mobile style like this and Tapatalk. Call Tapatalk an app, sure, all it is is a browser unique to forums who have it installed. The difference being a mobile skin is displayed to every single visitor who visits, for free, without having to pay or download anything.

Ah, here we go!

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/conte...bile-Suite-FAQ

This is exactly what I've been preaching the ENTIRE time. The vBulletin people are not stupid, thank God. Anyone who gets a decent amount of mobile traffic would be nuts to think that offering a paid app is good business. It's completely the opposite. The only time it would be good business is if YOU were the one capitalizing from app sales - not some cheesy app company.

This blows Tapatalk completely out of the water. Ah, such a nice thing to discover. Now I don't have to pay an app developer! W00t!

We have installed Tapatalk and are pretty happy with it (along with the existing vB4 native mobile theme... it's all about options). However, unlike the native mobile theme, Tapatalk does not seem to respect the user choice made with the "Exclude Forums from What's New" mod. Which is to say, if I've selected one or more forums to exclude from a "What's New" search, they are excluded in the native mobile theme but they are NOT excluded in Tapatalk. This is a pretty big sticking point for us. Any ideas?

Note that this is in reference to arbitrary user-selected forums to exclude. It is not in reference to administrator-selected forums to always exclude from Tapatalk.

I have used TTalk for a while on our site

Is the VB native customisable as in logo or is it simply a "theme" as mobile theme etc because if so i have tried both and like TTalk

Im curious as to the comparissons and peoples user experiences