# Anyone else having trouble with Tapatalk?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-with-tapatalk/627551>\
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**Created:** [July 7, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-with-tapatalk/627551 "2012-07-07T21:40:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-with-tapatalk/627551/21 "2012-09-10T15:16:21Z")

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> [@Richard\_Pearse](#):
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> If you wanted something that worked exactly like the SDMB in a web browser, why not read the SDMB in a web browser?

Because if I’m on my phone, the SDMB is too wide to read.

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-with-tapatalk/627551/22 "2012-09-10T15:49:34Z")

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Yes, because a phone is not a great device for browsing the web. If you are going to make an app that tailors the message board experience for a phone you are going to have to compromise on some of the things that make it a good experience on a computer. Add to that the fact that Tapatalk is a generic message board reader designed to give a functional experience on a wide range of message boards and it is hardly surprising that something gets lost in the translation.

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**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-with-tapatalk/627551/23 "2012-09-10T16:55:06Z")

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I think the main problems are it not loading pages correctly (maybe because of switching between 3G and wifi). Sometimes when you click on next page on page 1 nothing happens, then when you click again you go to page 3. It’s still a lot better than the browser, though.

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