Pop up in iPad

It should be free!!

 

when it pops up for me it says 2.99

 

The tapatalk message is configured to appear once every 60 days. The only way it would pop up more frequently is if your device is not storing the browser cookie that tells the site you've already seen the message.

 

It's only "spam" because you have your browser set to not allow 1st party cookies thinking somehow that vastly improves your privacy (which it doesn't). You can't even log into this site (or most other sites) unless you allow 1st party cookies so obviously you are allowing time sometimes or you wouldn't have been able to post this message.

I'm not going to change the functionality of the site to pacify overly paranoid people, so you're not willing to change your browser settings you'll just have to deal with it. (see, I can act like a dick too).

And BTW, the Tapatalk client isn't just for this website. The one tapatalk app works with many 1000's of the forums out there (like Reef Central, etc) so at least try and understand what it is before you blast it.

 

While I dont find tapatalk especially useful, it does provide the absolute easiest way to post pictures from an IOS device, this alone makes it a worthwhile app in my opinion.

 

Being an iOS developer, I have multiple iOS devices so I'm very familiar with how it works. Even with private browsing turned on, I only see the Tapatalk prompt once per browser session (not every time I navigate around the site as you state). If I restart the browser, then yes, I do get prompted again but that's because private browsing on iOS doesn't allow cookie persistence. It takes me all of about 100ms to tap the cancel button and move on.

You pay to be a member of the club, but that doesn't give you the right to dictate how our site works. You don't like the pop-up., I get that. However, it's serving an important purpose and that's letting Tapatalk users (and there are bunches of them) know that our forum now supports the app.

 

I agree that it's not that much of a better experience on an iPad, but on a phone it's arguably a lot better.

 

very very annoying on iPhone too.

 

It does it on my phone too. Except im always logged in so wouldnt that mean my phone is keeping cookies?

 

I am taking you seriously. What I don't appreciate is you automatically assuming that it's "bad code" and that it can't possiblly be an issue on your device. I can also show you a video of it working properly in private browsing mode on iOS (on multple device including the iOS simulator no less).


What you are describing is not the way the site is setup to work. What you are likely experiencing is some oddness in how Safari for iOS deals with cookies when switching to/from private browsing. I can duplicate what you are describing if I switch in/out of private browsing without selecting the "close all" options. In fact, I can get it to misbehave even if private browsing is turned off.


Go into General Settings -> Safari and then hit the "Clear Cookies and Data" button, then go back into Safari and visit the forums. I'm guessing you will see the Tapatalk prompt 1 more time, then after that it will not appear until your next session.

 

Are you using iOS? If so, see the message I just posted, If not what device/browser are you using?

 

JB does an amazing job. I'm not disputing that at all.I don't think it's a rare problem if 4 of us have brought this up already.
if we didnt bring this up how else can we find a solution?
I cleared cookies & everything is working fine now.
thanks for helping JB.

 

I have an Android phone and I NEVER get the Tapatalk pop up when using my browser. I am not using the built in browser though. I am using Dolphin Browser and have it set to emulate a desktop and not a mobile device. I do that because so many sites redirect you to a mobile version that is many times a stripped down version of the full site.

If I set it to act like an Android mobile browser, I get one Tapatalk popup when I first enter the forums. I can click around where ever I want, and even go back to the mail GIRS page and back to the forums page and still never get an ADDITIONAL prompt. Just the first one.

I can then exit completely out of the Dolphin Browser and go back in (still set as "Android Mobile") and I do NOT get prompted when entering the forums. It remembered my choice and that I closed out of the pop-up.

I then went and tried it with the built in browser on my Android phone and got the Tapatalk pop-up once. I clicked around through the forums, closed the browser, came back in, clicked around the forums again, and was never prompted even a 2nd time with a pop-up about Tapatalk.


Now, I've worked in IT for over 19 years including managing a group of web site and web app folks. While there certainly can be something on the server side of things (and many times there are), when things are inconsistantly working dependant upon who is using the site, the issue almost always, and I mean I can only think of 1 single time for the team over the course of 2 years with that team managing a MUCH more complex site than this one, where it was the server side. All of the other times it was on the client side. That is where the biggest variables are at, and where people would make claims such as "it works at other sites" or "it worked yesterday and is broken today" etc. Things that seemed to make complete logical sense to our customers almost always (again, I can think of only 1 single instance where it wasn't) ended up being on the client side. Now, this is for issues where it worked for some people and didn't work for others. No way am I claiming that the team didn't break something 100% on rare occasion (we had a test environment to help prevent production issues). GIRS doesn't have a test site and a production site. The folks working it aren't getting paid like my staff was, etc.

A little more "understanding" and a little less "anger" about a freely provided website should be taken into consideration.

So maybe it is the way that iOS devices handle cookies? Maybe it is some version of Angry Birds that has corrupted or modifed a key file (those darn piggies), maybe it is something related to a recent iOS broser update that is broken or provides a different setting or way to handle Tapatalk enabled sites. It is hard to tell...

What is needed is more iOS users that aren't having the problem to chime in with what is working. Then compare and contrast the differences.

Oh, and lastly, Tapatalk is awesome. It is only the 2nd app that I have EVER paid for in 5 years of having a smartphone and it is really a great way to participate in online forums on a mobile device.

 

I have a android. Galaxy s3. Use google/standard browser thats on the phone.