Originally Posted by
jackal
Firefox and Google Chrome are third-party applications, too.
So is IE, which is having issues with FT right now as reported in another thread and a tech project is in the works to fix it.
Tapatalk is basically a glorified web browser. Saying it's not even under consideration because it's a third-party app is not a valid argument. If it's a simple configuration option to enable it to read FT, why not?
I personally won't use it (it costs money), but many here and elsewhere enjoy using it and appreciate having access to all of their forums in a single app.
If it requires significant investment to support, I can understand, but if it's a few lines in a configuration file, it should be done.
Tapatalk is far from a glorified web browser. Web browsers request data in a standard format over http, and all data the site sends to the web browsers is for the most part identical. Users are able to manipulate site data (like make posts) through very carefully controlled mechanisms. All of this, we control. Tapatalk is basically an API that allows our data to be extracted from our site and displayed in a manner that we can't control. It allows the manipulation of site data through methods that are out of our control.