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Horatio Nelson
March 16th, 2013, 12:28 AM
This is probably not the right place, but does/can the VT chat room work on a mobile device?
jegoss02
March 16th, 2013, 12:31 AM
Yeah. I'm using it right now. You need the tapatalk app. It's free and should work on android and iPhones.
Horatio Nelson
March 16th, 2013, 12:39 AM
Thanks man!
jegoss02
March 16th, 2013, 12:39 AM
No problem.
Horatio Nelson
March 16th, 2013, 12:49 AM
Ah.....but it's 3 bucks, oh well, next giftcard will be buying that. Haha.
jegoss02
March 16th, 2013, 12:53 AM
Sorry. I got it free. It must have been on sale or something when I got it. All I did was go to the VT website on y phone. It asked if I wanted the mobile app and it took me to the App Store. I use iPhone. There might be a difference when dealing with an android. Sorry if there is. Good luck on the gift card.
Rayquaza
March 16th, 2013, 04:28 AM
The Chat Room is a java applet and will not work on most, if not, all mobile devices, since it is only for desktop use.

Yeah. I'm using it right now. You need the tapatalk app. It's free and should work on android and iPhones.

Well, I'm not sure how you're on a java applet through a phone app that's only for the forum considering that VT have not paid for a mobile license for the website as it was too expensive and not worth it. But if you found a workaround (apparently) it would be great to share it. I and a lot of users use Tapatalk and cannot access the chat room.
Emerald Dream
March 16th, 2013, 04:40 AM
I wish I could run the chatroom on mobile.

Nevertheless, this thread may be better here - TWPR :arrow: VT HQ
SosbanFach
March 16th, 2013, 02:00 PM
Yeah. I'm using it right now. You need the tapatalk app. It's free and should work on android and iPhones.

I feel that there may have been an element of misunderstanding here. The Tapatalk app provides a more accessible interface for browsing of the forums, but will not support either the chat room, or private messaging. The chat room is, as mentioned above, a paid Java applet, the software for which is provided by a third party (Addonchat (http://www.addonchat.co.uk/)). While this third party does offer a mobile version of the chat, this is provided for an additional charge of 25.00 USD, a significant amount of money for a not-for-profit site. For this reason, it is not possible to use the chat room on mobile devices or (most) tablets.
Mirage
March 16th, 2013, 02:11 PM
Tapatalk does NOT support the chat room.
Horatio Nelson
March 16th, 2013, 08:18 PM
Okay then, thanks for all the feedback! :)