yes it does work... I noticed it's not on the App store anymore. My users are whining abut it lol

Can't believe we are still waiting for Apple.

The upside is that we fixed even more bugs and the private message feature is close to finish (minus the Push Notification part). Yesterday we sent out the latest stable built to some 30 forum owners to trial.

If any of the forum owners here still interestred to join and get a copy of this app with your own forum, you can now go to add your forum to the list to be visible on iPhone.

the purpose of the list is to allow zero configuration at iPhone to connect to your forum - in fact once the app established connection to your forum, it is a direct data connection between your device and your forum. In case you are security/privacy minded.

also we are adding an option that your forum is only be "searchable" and is hidden from the public directory, if you need this option, drop us an email and we can do it manually for you.

Hi all,

While still no update from Apple (probably because of the OS 3.0 launch that casues the delay). Here are some update from development perpective:

Subscription Management is added and completed. You will be able to delete your subscription (only "Topic" type of subscription is supported in the mean time)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...1&d=1245655212

And now you will be able to subscribe to any topic you want to follow:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...1&d=1245655212

Also notice the little "red badge"? Yes we are also getting close to finish off the Private Messaging. :cool:

Finally Apple has approved it and it is appearing in the app store starting from now.

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M...307880732&mt=8

Currently this release is limited to U.S. app store only and we will release it to the rest of the world in next release (estimate around 10-20 days from now judging from Apple recent turn-around time)

I hope you all give it a try and we are constantly improving this app - your feedback is greatly appreciated.

What happening next is we are working on a iPhone Analytic for your forum so you can see how many users has been accessing your forum thru iPhone and also their average time on your forum etc. This will help to complement what you already have such as Google Analytic.

This seems like a nice application and I can appreciate all the work that went into it, my only question is why we are forced to join into the network of forums. Is there a specific reason that it can't be released as stand alone for individual forums?

well the whole point is that the app communicates with the plugin installed on your site to load only the data it needs (like the list of forums, thread text etc). in order for the app to know which sites have the required plugins installed, a network is maintained. as part of that, you can fill in some info like title and an icon.

it cant be a standalone for individual forums because it would be a terrible waste. if each site had its own app it would mean way too much for the iphone user to pick the right one, you would have an unendless list of apps to maintain, and it just makes more sense that the one app can visit any sites on the network. not to mention that only a couple existing users would get the single-site version and you would have to pay repeatedly to get a different site's clone.

i do hear though that the next app version will allow you to choose which mode to start when you open up the app - which could be your favorites page, and thus list the site(s) you go to more deliberately without having to search around for them every time. in effect "branded" to just a single forum, without having to do the mess outlined above.

besides, iphone users curious about the app might not even know about your site, but find it on the network. do you want new visitors in addition to existing ones, or just the existing ones?

In addition to DarkWaltz mentioned I can add few more points:

- You can "join" the network but you can set it as "Search Only" where no one can see your forum on the network unless they explicitly type your forum name
- You can hide from the network anytime you want

The whole point of network is to provide better UI experience, while generating more new visitors to your forum. At the same time we provide option for you to "hide" it from the network where only you fans can find it.

Just check out the http://www.tapatalk.com/directory then you can get an idea how it works :)

The version submitted to app store is 1.2 which contains bug fixes and major speed improvement.

The development team is working on the 1.3 version that *hopefully* can finish Private Messaging on time.

Our goal is to evetually get to the Push Notification where Private Message / Subscribed Topics push to your iPhone as soon as it is updated. But this will need more testing as it involves much more complicated setup and additional stress to our server.

We have released the vb MOD 0.9.12 as a on-going minor update. Here are some of the highlights:

- Compatible to more plugins - if you have previously disabled some plugins to make it work with Tapatalk, you can try re-enable it and see if this release help.
- Minor character encoding fixes

Again the latest discussion can be found at http://www.tapatalk.com/forum

No love for iPhone mod? :o

Anyway I have updated the screenshot to include the latest and greatest:

1) Full Private Message support
2) Quote reply
3) Faster load-time and improved session management
4) Full screen image viewing
5) Board Statistic
6) Who's online

And.. Push Notification is in full stream development!!