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Tapatalk user revolt

Meh, the latest version won't let me use it at all without creating a TT account or signing-in using a social networking service (FB or G+). Forget that - my old TT Pro still works OK for XDA, though I've taken to using Firefox Mobile for AF.
 
It comes down to a simple phenomenon that I've seen in far too many apps. Developers developing one of two ways: 1) what they want, how they want because to them the end product is what they think "works". or 2) what they THINK their users want.
It appears TT developers are doing both. Assuming the demographics of the user base. And trying to develop what they think works. They're wrong on both accounts.
Change management is a simple process to implement in an environment of single or few product versions coexisting in development. So different versions, rolling back changes, allowing dissatisfied users to rollback to prior version isn't rocket science.
But the let's make an "app" process did exactly what Apple, Google, Microsoft wanted. Made developers out of people with no idea what they are doing, just an idea they want to do.

TT, give us back a user accepted version before someone figured out how to implement the interface that forums need to work via TT and takes the single point of entry to multiple forums back to grassroots which could easily best your latest version. And implement a "money back" pool process for when a bad product is released and paid users are at their straw and leave for other apps. It isn't necessarily about the $$ spent, its standing behind good service and forcing yourself to meet the users needs or allow the once faithful to go once and for all. Morals & Ethics.
Source:
20 developing at the corporate, small business, startup, and as a consultant. Human factors background with years of cross platform change management design, implementation and use.
 
Latest Tapatalk makes is easy to find stickies.

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I have to admit that after a recent factory factory reset I opted to try the latest version of Tapatalk instead of restoring my reliable 4.8.3... and it's not that bad. I actually allowed a second device to update to the latest version as well. I'm not (ever) getting rid of my archived copy of 4.8.3, but I'm sticking with the current release for now.
 
4.5.2 has this handy feature called the Inbox where you can see all your unread subscribed threads and PMs. The forum list also has indicators showing which forums have unread threads or PMs. That functionality still hasn't returned. :(
 
Tapatalk Pro has an update in the Play Store. 4.6.2 from last year. Strange. As I recall that version broke the Inbox. I'll stick with 4.5.2.
 
Sierra_Guy said:
It comes down to a simple phenomenon that I've seen in far too many apps. Developers developing one of two ways: 1) what they want, how they want because to them the end product is what they think "works". or 2) what they THINK their users want.
It appears TT developers are doing both. Assuming the demographics of the user base. And trying to develop what they think works. They're wrong on both accounts.
Change management is a simple process to implement in an environment of single or few product versions coexisting in development. So different versions, rolling back changes, allowing dissatisfied users to rollback to prior version isn't rocket science.
But the let's make an "app" process did exactly what Apple, Google, Microsoft wanted. Made developers out of people with no idea what they are doing, just an idea they want to do.

TT, give us back a user accepted version before someone figured out how to implement the interface that forums need to work via TT and takes the single point of entry to multiple forums back to grassroots which could easily best your latest version. And implement a "money back" pool process for when a bad product is released and paid users are at their straw and leave for other apps. It isn't necessarily about the $$ spent, its standing behind good service and forcing yourself to meet the users needs or allow the once faithful to go once and for all. Morals & Ethics.
Source:
20 developing at the corporate, small business, startup, and as a consultant. Human factors background with years of cross platform change management design, implementation and use.
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That has me wondering if Tapatalk uses a TCP connection which falls backs on HTTP and also does it proxy all connections through tapatalk or does it connect directly?

Considering all the different types of forums it would be hard to write a universal HTML parser as forums get upgraded. But on the other hand most forums use fake code which is converted to standard HTML by the forum software, making such a task (an alternative to TT) easier as your inputs are all generally the same within that one forum type.
 
Nintendo1889 said:
That has me wondering if Tapatalk uses a TCP connection which falls backs on HTTP and also does it proxy all connections through tapatalk or does it connect directly?
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OK, don't take this the wrong way but you're really confused about networking.

TCP/IP describes a way of taking message data and constructing packets of data for network transfer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_protocol_suite

HTTP describes a type of message.

If TCP packets were stock cars on a train, then http exchanges would be loaded on to some of those cars.

According to Network Connections, Tapatalk apps don't use a proxy, they connect directly to forums.
Nintendo1889 said:
Considering all the different types of forums it would be hard to write a universal HTML parser as forums get upgraded. But on the other hand most forums use fake code which is converted to standard HTML by the forum software, making such a task (an alternative to TT) easier as your inputs are all generally the same within that one forum type.
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You have a universal HTML parser - it's your web browser.
 
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