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| Donaldshimoda Diglot Groupie Italy Joined 3895 days ago 47 posts - 72 votes  Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German, Russian | Message 121 of 178 10 August 2015 at 7:17pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
no idea how things work, but the best solution would be "just" a forum compatible with TAPATALK app..probably the fastest, the smartest and user friendly way to "live" a forum 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5031 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese | Message 122 of 178 10 August 2015 at 7:59pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Correct me if I am wrong, but I think that Tapatalk thing is a smartphone application you use to browse forums when they don't work in your smartphone web browser. OTOH I just fired up the browser in my smartphone (which I was more or less forced to use, so it's not a carefully chosen one) and pointed it to this very thread. I was somewhat (and somewhat not!) surprised to find out it displays just fine, so I don't really understand what all the mobile-related fuss is about. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 6961 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 123 of 178 10 August 2015 at 8:28pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Well, I wouldn't be so hasty. 222 members on .org and counting is hardly an exodus, and to be honest, the last substantive post that I made recently was in ScottScheule's thread about Hungarian nouns. I'm still sitting on the fence, although the activity here does seem more subdued than what I'm used to. At least a few subforums though get at least a couple of new posts daily. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Donaldshimoda Diglot Groupie Italy Joined 3895 days ago 47 posts - 72 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German, Russian | Message 124 of 178 10 August 2015 at 8:55pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
It's much more than that...you don't use it because eventually your smartphone web browser is not working, but because it's a powerfull tool to browse forums,get notifications and so on..it is really faster and "smarter", and being a windows app as well, you can use it on your pc/notebook too. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6425 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, NorwegianC1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish | Message 125 of 178 10 August 2015 at 8:59pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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If FX allows someone else access to modernize this forum and fix the problems, I would love to stay here. I
don't want to see it die and I definitely don't want the information contained here to be lost. I think one of the main reasons this forum is dying isn't that old members leave, that will always happen, but rather that new people can't join. It seems many people have had to make multiple attempts to sign up before they are able to get in. Even when they get approved by the moderators, they often don't receive a confirmation email or they can't get into their account even after joining. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4694 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 126 of 178 10 August 2015 at 9:48pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I'm also on the fence. I'd prefer to stay here - I also like the design and look of
HTLAL, and the archives are incredible. They're a pain in the ass to search, but that can be fixed. But there are already things I like on the other site - I love being able to track progress on the signature page, and I think that will also make participating in challenges much easier. I like how much easier it is to add hyperlinks and images. I like how easier it is to look at someone's posting history. I like how forum topics are organized. I like how easy it is to track discussions. I like that there isn't a limit to how many posts I can see at one time. The only things I don't like is the lack of history and depth. It's so much more user-friendly over there. It's tempting for me just to switch. As it is, I've been hesitant to do in depth posts in either. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| aokoye Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5346 days ago 235 posts - 453 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Dutch, Norwegian, Japanese | Message 127 of 178 11 August 2015 at 1:02am | IP Logged | ||||||||
The issue is, among other things, that it's very very slow. I mean really - I can load Flickr, a site full of images, on my phone faster than I can HTLAL and it's been that way for years. It isn't uncommon for it to just timeout. This is especially an issue for people who doesn't have very fast internet (which would be most of the people world wide as there are more people who have smartphones (with internet access) than there are people with hardwired broadband connections). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5139 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 128 of 178 11 August 2015 at 1:06am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I second that. And the discussion over at the new forum about rules of conduct make me extremely uncomfortable. If we were to see the birth of a new forum I would have liked to see one which was more flexible and with more free speech than this one. Not less. 9 persons have voted this message useful |
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