Do any of you use Tapatalk / Board Express on any other forums?

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Do you use Tapatalk / Board Express on any forums?

  1. Yes, I already use it

    2 vote(s)
    22.2%
  2. No, but I am interested in using it if Digiex had it

    2 vote(s)
    22.2%
  3. No, and I have zero interest in paying for the App

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    55.6%
  1. Nimrod

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    Just a general purpose poll.

    We have considered for a long time if its really worth installing the Tapatalk API so users could use the Tapatalk App on iPhone / Android (or Board Express on Windows Phone).

    We have so far resisted for two reasons:
    It supports a 3rd party paid product (Users have to buy the App to use it)
    Only people who would benefit would be our most active members

    It's not to say we're not against the idea, but we would need to know if its worth our time and would get any real use.

    Therefore for our Poll question - Do you already use Tapatalk/BoardExpress on other forums?
    Please avoid voting for yes if you don't currently use them as that will mess up the result. Note the XDA Mobile App is Tapatalk rebranded, so if you use that you already use Tapatalk

    Please note either way, if we added Tapatalk API support, we wouldn't be turning off the Mobile Style.
     
  2. H4CKS0RZZ

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    If you did use it would we get the annoying popup? saying something about forum being mobile native?
     
  3. Nimrod

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    100% guaranteed we will remove that annoying pop up, I've spoken with Insanenutter and we were both in agreement that feature will quickly be disabled the moment its installed as we find it extremely annoying.
     
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    I use app planet on my Android Phone & i don't pay for PC software , i just use freeware like open office , gimp ...
    My Mac already came with Lion , so i didn't even bought Mac OS X .
    That's why i voted : "No, and I have zero interest in paying for the App".
     
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    BoardExpress Free seems to work fine on Windows Phones, so no need to pay anything :P
     
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    While that's good for those of us that use Windows Phone, I don't believe there is a free version for Android / iPhone (legally free that is). That's kind of the biggest issue for us as we don't want to support a 3rd party who cannot offer a free (even if Ad sponsored) version, unless people already own it and use it elsewhere, or would want to pay to use it.

    If a good few users will get benefit from it, we will go ahead and install it as its free to install. We just don't really want to support and have to maintain its installation if only 2-3 users would use it.
     
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    And it's two across the board, as far as the voting results go anyway! I just downloaded the app. It's interesting, but no forums I frequent use it as far as I know.
     
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    I dont use it and have no plan to get it. I dont want to have to use a PAID app just to surf a website on my phone. I would much rather use a mobile theme.
     
  9. H4CKS0RZZ

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    Well if you remove the popup then there is really no problem. I personaly wont use it but let the people who do have it use it as long as it doesn't affect those who don't then it is fine
     

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