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Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 2nd, 2013, 6:50 pm
by Richard Kaufman
Finally, the Forum is now fully operational for your smartphones and tablets.

You have a choice of two ways to access it.

The first way is free: just go to http://www.forums.geniimagazine.com via the browser on your smartphone or tablet. If it looks like a mess, scroll down until you find the line:
"Switch to Mobile Style." Click on that and you're good to go.

The second way, which offers a more robust experience, is to pay $2.99 or $3.99 for a tapatalk app. Go to the app store and search for tapatalk. You have a choice of tapatalk and tapatalk 2. I paid the extra buck for tapatalk 2. I really like it!

For your iPad, there is a $4.99 version called HD tapatalk.

So, you have two choices for your smartphone, iPad, or Android tablet.

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 2nd, 2013, 6:54 pm
by John LeBlanc
Thanks. I use Tapatalk on my own forums and forums I spend (an inordinate) time with. Much appreciated!

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 2nd, 2013, 7:31 pm
by Chris Aguilar
Thanks for listening to my suggestions on this Richard. I think it'll go over very well.

The "HD Tapatalk" is what I use on my android device (Nexus 7 Tablet) and I find it works very well.

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 3rd, 2013, 11:00 am
by Angelo Carbone
Works great. Thank you!
Sent from my GT-I8750 using Foroplex

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 3rd, 2013, 11:45 am
by mrgoat
woop woop!

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 3rd, 2013, 2:43 pm
by Bob Gerdes
Thanks for adding tapatalk!

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 3rd, 2013, 6:49 pm
by Bill McFadden
Richard, thank you and Brad for setting it up. For those of us too cheap to buy taptalk, is there a way to extract an icon for android desk top? My browser is Firefox. Regardless, both versions look good on my phone.

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 3rd, 2013, 6:52 pm
by Bill McFadden
Richard, thank you and Brad for setting it up. For those of us too cheap to buy taptalk, is there a way to extract an icon for android desktop? My browser is Firefox. Regardless, both versions look good on my phone.

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 3rd, 2013, 7:13 pm
by Richard Kaufman
Bill, just to show you what a dummy I am, I have absolutely no idea what that means. :mrgreen:

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 3rd, 2013, 11:41 pm
by Joe Naud
Thanks Richard and Brad, works like a charm on my iPhone 4.
Peace, Joe

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 4th, 2013, 10:34 am
by Chris Aguilar
@Bill McFadden


To extract the icon in Firefox, go to your tab for bookmarks and hold down on the bookmark you want until a window pops up and then select "add to desktop".

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 4th, 2013, 12:21 pm
by Bill McFadden
Thanks, Chris. Appreciate the guidance. Is Conjure Nation still accepting subscribers?

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 4th, 2013, 5:28 pm
by Chris Aguilar
Bill McFadden wrote:Thanks, Chris. Appreciate the guidance. Is Conjure Nation still accepting subscribers?

Yes, and if it's a person that I know is a good, thoughtful poster on a forum like this one, I tend to approve those subscriptions with great alacrity. :)

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 4th, 2013, 6:06 pm
by Bill Mullins
It took me two and a half years to get approved. . . .

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 4th, 2013, 6:12 pm
by Chris Aguilar
Bill Mullins wrote:It took me two and a half years to get approved. . . .

Sorry about that. Admittedly I've been a bit more distracted than usual the last two years and that caused a bit of a freeze on allowing new registrations. However, I've recently started allowing new memberships again.

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 4th, 2013, 9:37 pm
by Evan Shuster
Works GREAT on my Kindle HD. Well done!!

Sent from my KFJWI using Tapatalk HD

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 4th, 2013, 11:06 pm
by Bill McFadden
Bill Mullins wrote:It took me two and a half years to get approved. . . .

Thought I had a shot until I read that . . . oh well, dauntless I apply nevertheless.

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 5th, 2013, 11:16 am
by Bill Mullins
Guys, I was joking (trying to imply that I wasn't a "good, thoughtful" poster). Chris got me signed up right away.

If you have to explain it, it probably wasn't funny to start with . . .

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 5th, 2013, 4:05 pm
by Bill McFadden
Bill Mullins wrote:Guys, I was joking (trying to imply that I wasn't a "good, thoughtful" poster). Chris got me signed up right away.

If you have to explain it, it probably wasn't funny to start with . . .


It was as a measure of respect, Mr. M., that I took you seriously. Now it's funny, as I dig where you were coming from, you self-effacing wit, you.

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 7th, 2013, 6:20 am
by mrgoat
Gotta say, I tried it on my iPhone last night. Blimey. Best mobile formatted forum I've seen. Just lovely. Top marks.

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 7th, 2013, 9:31 am
by F.Amílcar
Dear friend Richard,

Thank you very much for your information about tablets app.

I use basic version, but when I have an iPad maybe I will use "Tapatalk".

Thanks again for everything and our best wishes from Barcelona-Spain.


F. Amílcar Riega i Bello.

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 7th, 2013, 1:09 pm
by NYCJoePItt
I use the Atomic Web Browser on my IPad and the forums look great.

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 8th, 2013, 8:27 pm
by Bill McFadden
FWIW, Tapatalk is well worth the measly three bucks. The Forum now looks and works beautifully on Android browser (free), or through Tapatalk.

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: April 10th, 2013, 8:22 am
by GA Eric
Thanks Richard. Just installed Tapatalk onto the iPad. Works and looks great. Appreciate the easier mobile access to the forums. :D

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: June 14th, 2013, 12:27 pm
by Bill Mullins
The first way is free: just go to http://www.forums.geniimagazine.com via the browser on your smartphone or tablet. If it looks like a mess, scroll down until you find the line:"Switch to Mobile Style." Click on that and you're good to go.


When I go to this URL on my phone (a Motorola XT875, running Android, not jailbroken or anything), everything looks okay, but some of the buttons at the top (the row that includes "Today's Active Topics") don't do anything if you touch them. Others do -- if touch the "Switch to Mobile Style" button, it does. But the "Mobile Style" doesn't navigate as well -- there's no way to get a list of recent posts or recently active topics.

Also, while I'm nitpicking, I loaded the Genii app for back issues. The most recent issue displayed is the April one. How do I get it to update with the more recent issues?

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: June 23rd, 2013, 4:17 pm
by erdnasephile
Bill Mullins wrote:
The first way is free: just go to http://www.forums.geniimagazine.com via the browser on your smartphone or tablet. If it looks like a mess, scroll down until you find the line:"Switch to Mobile Style." Click on that and you're good to go.


When I go to this URL on my phone (a Motorola XT875, running Android, not jailbroken or anything), everything looks okay, but some of the buttons at the top (the row that includes "Today's Active Topics") don't do anything if you touch them. Others do -- if touch the "Switch to Mobile Style" button, it does. But the "Mobile Style" doesn't navigate as well -- there's no way to get a list of recent posts or recently active topics.


Yes, I noticed that top. There is a Nav drop down on the upper left in the mobile button. It sure would be nice if a "Today's Active Topics" choice would be in there please. :)

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: June 23rd, 2013, 4:24 pm
by Richard Kaufman
Bill, all recent issues including the July issue should be on the Android app. Have you tried refreshing it?

While we do have a free mobile app for the Forum, I would suggest parting with the few dollars for Tapatalk. That is how I view the Forum on my iPhone 4S and it works great. Active Topics NO problem.

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: July 12th, 2016, 10:34 pm
by rrhill
As far as I can tell, you can download Tapatalk for iOS for free. That will work pretty well with no need to pay a thing.

Re: Forum on Your SmartPhone: 2 Ways, Take Your Choice!

Posted: July 13th, 2016, 11:20 am
by Richard Kaufman
I haven't looked at it for several years, but Tapatalk used to cost $2 or so. Glad to hear that it's free now! It works really well, too.