Tapatalk question

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:39 pm

I think I get the gist that Tapatalk is an app to let you post to the forums from a mobile phone or somesuch, but I have to ask - is the "Sent from Tapatalk" sig a mandatory part of the app, or can it be turned off? Because holy hell it's annoying as fuck to think I'm reading the last line in a post only to find out that it's actually just this app informing me of something I couldn't possibly want or need to know.

If it's possible to turn it off, consider this a heartfelt plea to do so. If it cannot be turned off.... gah.

Post by **godhugh** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:14 pm

Odin wrote:I think I get the gist that Tapatalk is an app to let you post to the forums from a mobile phone or somesuch, but I have to ask - is the "Sent from Tapatalk" sig a mandatory part of the app, or can it be turned off? Because holy hell it's annoying as fuck to think I'm reading the last line in a post only to find out that it's actually just this app informing me of something I couldn't possibly want or need to know.

If it's possible to turn it off, consider this a heartfelt plea to do so. If it cannot be turned off.... gah.

It can be turned off. This post is actually being made from Tapatalk but you'd never know it.

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:43 pm

I'll turn it off just for you sweetums!

-This is the last time you'll know this is sent through that Tapatalk thing.

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 12:41 am

$iljanus wrote:I'll turn it off just for you sweetums!

-This is the last time you'll know this is sent through that Tapatalk thing.

You're a prince among men! Seriously! Thanks!

silverjon · Post by **silverjon** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:03 am

It bothers you that much? I got used to ignoring them and liked the distinction between my computer and phone posts, but I'm not that attached.

silverjon now disabling tapatalk signature

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:22 am

silverjon wrote:It bothers you that much? I got used to ignoring them and liked the distinction between my computer and phone posts, but I'm not that attached.

silverjon now disabling tapatalk signature

Yeah, they catch me every damn time. I'm always like, "Hmm, and what else do they have to say here? Wha?? Tapatalk again? Dammittt!!!"

Anyway, thank you very much!

Moat_Man · Post by **Moat_Man** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:24 pm

Count me in as one who isn't a fan of the tapatalk sig that's not a sig. Thanks to those disabling it.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:29 pm

Thanks to the adjusting users, and thanks especially to Odin for taking point on taking the heat on this one. He's not the only user who holds this opinion.

WPD · Post by **WPD** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 12:47 am

Odin is a true god among men for bringing this issue to the forefront.

Canuck · Post by **Canuck** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:37 pm

I don't like it either. It bothers me as much as if someone ended each of their posts as, 'written while I wear my Rolex Submariner watch'
Oh and this was also sent from tapatalk.

WarPig · Post by **WarPig** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:24 pm

Bowing to peer pressure and the desire to not provoke the ire of a Norse god, no longer will my mobile posts end in a Tapatalk signature. Including this one.

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:36 am

OCCUPY TAPATALK!

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:46 pm

Tapatalk is prone to double posting (aka double tap) if you have a bad connection. I use it to check in while waiting for calls/meetings at work now.

KKBlue · Post by **KKBlue** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:34 am

Ha! I never down loaded Taptalk cause I didn't want that sig to show up with my posts.
I leave the sig on the iPhone so people can make the distinction but added some spaces so it's lower down and not the next line making it confusing while reading. Going to see if I can make the sig smaller using brackets because I understand how it could be unliked.

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:33 am

Wow - nice response! HUGE thanks to everybody who took my request to heart and disabled the sig. I truly appreciate it.

And thanks also to those who confirmed I wasn't alone.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:33 pm

An interesting observation about leaving your tapatalk signature enabled. When I did a forum search on "iPhone" it pulled up every single post with a tapatalk signature (from an iPhone). None of the results were related to a discussion about the actual iPhone (at least not for a while). If that isn't reason enough to disable it, I don't know what is.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:20 pm

Smoove_B wrote:An interesting observation about leaving your tapatalk signature enabled. When I did a forum search on "iPhone" it pulled up every single post with a tapatalk signature (from an iPhone). None of the results were related to a discussion about the actual iPhone (at least not for a while). If that isn't reason enough to disable it, I don't know what is.

That is reason enough for me to finish every one of my posts with the word iPhone.

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 12:58 am

Any reason's a good reason as far as I'm concerned!

deadzone · Post by **deadzone** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:28 pm

I am so offended by your request that I edited my tapatalk signature to make it more annoying by capitalizing everything and adding several exclamations!!!

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:19 am

deadzone wrote:I am so offended by your request that I edited my tapatalk signature to make it more annoying by capitalizing everything and adding several exclamations!!!

I can see that you're joking from the lack of a tapatalk sig in this very message, but I swear there's somebody who has modified their tapatalk disclaimer so that it appears even more prominently in their posts. I'm baffled why anybody would think it was necessary to brag about their fancy computing device in every single post, as if anyone cares.

It is very cool, though, of all those folks who took the time to disable it. I, for one, can't think of a single instance where I thought "holy hell, the grammar and spelling in this post is abysmal. I wonder if they're using tapatalk or something like that!?" except of course for posts by Lordmortis, who doesn't use tapatalk anyway.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:57 am

Odin wrote:It is very cool, though, of all those folks who took the time to disable it. I, for one, can't think of a single instance where I thought "holy hell, the grammar and spelling in this post is abysmal. I wonder if they're using tapatalk or something like that!?" except of course for posts by Lordmortis, who doesn't use tapatalk anyway.

I have on at least one occassion seen some weirdness in a post and attributed to autocorrect. More people may be getting a pass due to the possibility of tapatalk.

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:00 am

coopasonic wrote:
Odin wrote:It is very cool, though, of all those folks who took the time to disable it. I, for one, can't think of a single instance where I thought "holy hell, the grammar and spelling in this post is abysmal. I wonder if they're using tapatalk or something like that!?" except of course for posts by Lordmortis, who doesn't use tapatalk anyway.
I have on at least one occassion seen some weirdness in a post and attributed to autocorrect. More people may be getting a pass due to the possibility of tapatalk.

That's probably so, but really, what's the difference? Do we really react to the posts any differently when we know tapatalk's involved or when we suspect tapatalk's involved or when we know tapatalk definitely is not involved? People make typos. It happens. No big deal. If autocorrect actually does bollux something up completely, people would get that same pass if they had to come back later and say, "oops, damn autocorrect." Which they'd likely need to do anyway even if everybody knew they were using Tapatalk. Ergo, the constant nag-sig just isn't necessary or particularly helpful, IMO.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:02 am

I'm on your side on this. I hate seeing the tapatalk line, I just couldn't be bothered to initiate a complaint about it.

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:34 pm

coopasonic wrote:I'm on your side on this. I hate seeing the tapatalk line, I just couldn't be bothered to initiate a complaint about it.

Thanks. I wasn't so much responding to you, as to the (mistaken, IMO) notion that there's a genuine need to notify people when one's using this software.

deadzone · Post by **deadzone** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:10 pm

Heh, yep definitely kidding with you Odin!

It's good info IMHO as I was not aware of the signature thing until you guys mentioned it. Regardless, I'm happy to turn it off as I don't want an auto signature anyway. Sorry for the annoyance in any case.

deadzone · Post by **deadzone** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:20 pm

I'm not bragging about my awesome original iPad that crashes to the home screen every hour or so no matter what program I am in buuutttt, it's the only way I can still keep up with my oo peeps as I can't wrestle the laptop from my wife's hands these days! Heck I was so thrilled to find an app I could use that's serviceable with my terrible eyesight that I pretty much set up the oo forums and neglected to check settings for the app itself. Hence the stupid signature oversight on my part.

D.A.Lewis · Post by **D.A.Lewis** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 3:18 pm

Thanks guys for the heads up. I got my wife an iPad 4 for xmas And I took over the iPad 1. Wow this is great. I will be getting into some iOS gaming that totally makes sense on the iPad instead of my tiny iPhone. And after getting more familiar with this toy I can see iris vastly archaic compared to the iPad 4.

But back to topic - when I went to this forum it prompted me to tapatalk. I check it out on line and found this is so much better than the browser. Plus now I can see all my forum notifications - a function I lost on my computer. I have 15 messages in my inbox. Sorry Detroit folks

So the only thing left is to figure out how to disable the tapatalk sig ... Or should I?????

D.A.Lewis · Post by **D.A.Lewis** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 3:23 pm

Update:

Ran over to my rig and I see no tapatalk sig. Must be some kind of update that disabled it by default.

Oth, I'm gonna miss my google spellchecker.

JetFred · Post by **JetFred** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:29 pm

Forgive me this wasted post. I wanted to test Tapatalk 2 and check for a sig line.

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:55 am

JetFred wrote:Forgive me this wasted post. I wanted to test Tapatalk 2 and check for a sig line.

I don't consider it wasted in the least.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 8:36 pm

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 8:45 pm

Sent from my communicator from the Alpha Centauri System.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 2:47 am

I'm getting a message that our API has expired.

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 4:01 am

Isgrimnur wrote:I'm getting a message that our API has expired.

Well you know expiration dates are just guidelines.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 1:22 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:I'm getting a message that our API has expired.

Is that with the tapatalk 4 beta?

tapatalkin'

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 1:28 pm

No. It's the main app store version. Tapatalk - Community Reader v 1.17.1

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 1:54 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:No. It's the main app store version. Tapatalk - Community Reader v 1.17.1

Was thinking I had seen that whist trying 4b. Ah well.

tapatalk4in'

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:57 pm

So I'm using standard Tapatalk version 1.7.1, and today I spotted a what appears to be an ad, it's listed as a "Latest" under Everything But Gaming, and it's from Phoenix Age Inc, screaming "Underworld Empire: THE BEST ONLINE CRIME SYNDICATE". If you click on the forum link, it instead routes you to the app store, where I can feel free to download the app.

Anyone else seeing this?

Edit: Found this explanation on another forum...wonder if the expired API is triggering this?

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 4:26 pm

Started seeing that last night as well. Irritates me no end.

UPDATE: it appears that there is an opt-out feature for forum owners to prevent ads from showing up in their forums, but Tapatalk is set to opt-in by default. XDA administrator js1999 recently posted that the issue has been resolved on XDA's end. This still is a rather sneaky ploy by Tapatalk, especially due to the ads being shown by default and Tapatalk's failure to communicate this to forum administrators BEFORE implementing this feature. Furthermore, js1999 still maintains that XDA has received no compensation for these supplemental ads (which is not surprising to me, since these ads only recently began appearing - the advertiser would still have to receive the clicks and pay Tapatalk, who would then in turn pay the forum owners).

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:15 pm

D.A.Lewis wrote:So the only thing left is to figure out how to disable the tapatalk sig ... Or should I?????

Of course not! Make it bigger, then bold it, and use red letters just to piss Odin off.

I actually thought we used the sigs to make sure Tapatalk-hating Rip knows how many of us rely on it to get our OO fixes, lest he try to pull a fast one on the server end. We are LEGION, Rip!