Do you use Tapatalk? Why?

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You shouldn't trust Tapatalk and should stop using it. They are pretty sketchy.

First, it is likely that every time you make a post ANYWHERE using Tapatalk that they are creating a duplicate of our board in their database.

Second, they appear to have created something of a chatroom attached to UGBB. Only they never even told us and getting it removed is an absolute nightmare. This chat they have built is being used in ways that violate UGBB community rules.

If you give a damn about UG, quit using it. I use the responsive theme on mobile and it works great. You should too.
 

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You shouldn't trust Tapatalk and should stop using it. They are pretty sketchy.

First, it is likely that every time you make a post ANYWHERE using Tapatalk that they are creating a duplicate of our board in their database.

Second, they appear to have created something of a chatroom attached to UGBB. Only they never even told us and getting it removed is an absolute nightmare. This chat they have built is being used in ways that violate UGBB community rules.

If you give a damn about UG, quit using it. I use the responsive theme on mobile and it works great. You should too.

Yep that's what I was afraid about honestly,

What's the responsive theme? Just login under the web version?
 

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Yep that's what I was afraid about honestly,

What's the responsive theme? Just login under the web version?

Yeah log in on mobile and look for the white bar down bottom.
 

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I'll let admin chime in on this, but I believe that only way to prevent tapatalk from keeping a copy of UGBB in their cache is to deactivate tapatalk functionality from the forum; it doesn't matter if we use it or not, as long as it's activated, they'll keep a copy.
 
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I'll let admin chime in on this, but I believe that only way to prevent tapatalk from keeping a copy of UGBB in their cache is to deactivate tapatalk functionality from the forum; it doesn't matter if we use it or not, as long as it's activated, they'll keep a copy.

If we can get enough people to drop tapatalk that is the plan.

j2048b, login to the forum via any web browser that's not tapatalk and you can choose from several different version of UGBB at the bottom left. UBBresponsive works on all devices. If you prefer just the mobile look try "UGBB Mobile style".
 

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If we're going to deactivate it, I'd propose we go ahead and set a date and start working towards migrating users to one of the web layouts. Once a date is picked, we can start a thread with instructions and update it with reminders as the date gets closer.
 

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Is there a reason why we dont have an app?
 

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If we're going to deactivate it, I'd propose we go ahead and set a date and start working towards migrating users to one of the web layouts. Once a date is picked, we can start a thread with instructions and update it with reminders as the date gets closer.
Spoken like a true IT administrator, lol.
 

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Never used it , just pull the site up on browser on my phone when im on it.
 

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I haven't left it yet....it is more user friendly....at least for me.
 

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It is still installed however at some point we are going to have to pull the plug. Tapatalk is stealing our content and showing just how unsafe it is to keep using.
 

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Can we get a ugb app??
 

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I would love to however its a couple of grand for an app. We are doing some server updates at the moment, maybe next year.
Cool, yeah i wasn't sure the cost, hopefully we can get one and drop tapatalk, i just use it for convenience
 

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You shouldn't trust Tapatalk and should stop using it. They are pretty sketchy.

First, it is likely that every time you make a post ANYWHERE using Tapatalk that they are creating a duplicate of our board in their database.

Second, they appear to have created something of a chatroom attached to UGBB. Only they never even told us and getting it removed is an absolute nightmare. This chat they have built is being used in ways that violate UGBB community rules.

If you give a damn about UG, quit using it. I use the responsive theme on mobile and it works great. You should too.
Point made I did not know will quit useing now
 
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