Friends Near and Afar, Letters we Share and Cherish.
About this, the time it takes for a SLOWLY letter to arrive at our pen pal's destination and their inbox.
An interesting question, and thanks to what-888, a fellow user at our subreddit, we know the way it's calculated.
One of our subreddit users noticed an interesting stamp, 'Latte', which he hadn't seen so far.
And he posted and asked about it:
Info on this “Latte” stamp? Is it limited? Is it part of a set?
Prompt response followed and identified it as part of the SLOWLY Coffee House set. Which the OP had not seen – as he uses the Web Client, as I and many others also do.
What is missing, then?
Slowly Android client running in a Windows 10 laptop
If you follow my Blog, comments on Reddit and Twitter, it's clear I am a great fan of SLOWLY's Web Client – the most productive work environment for someone who is serious about reading, writing serious pen pal letters.
Sadly, there are a few things missing from Web Client. But we could get access to those with a Android Virtual Machine.
At our local Public Library, to discuss a proposal I sent, suggesting having an information session for local people, about the SLOWLY app.
I was very pleased to have this meeting. The original proposal was written two and a half years ago, when I was a newly minted Slowly user; but one who could already see the potential of the app, and wanted to share the love.
Currently, the mobile versions of SLOWLY have a small design flaw. It's not a functional problem, but just something that might lead some users to not realize there are more stamps available to them than they can see at first glance in the Stamp Store.
DioRemTW posted a good topic explaining this at our subreddit, and I think it's worth expanding into a blog post, so here we go.
...at some point — to send to our pen pal friends?
The postcards would allow for brief messages, without annoying the recipient (who might be expecting a long letter, possibly). This would be faster than composing a full letter, and done in short order when inspiration came. While travelling, for example?
It would also allow us to send a great image, relevant for the moment. Special occasions, Birthdays, Holiday greetings, I can see this feature serving in many instances, and being enjoyed by many. So here are the details...
A goodbye, or pen pal departure letter. Think about it, it's a courtesy your pen pal friend deserves. Have a look at this model, and adapt, edit, or write your own to suit. But do send a Goodbye letter – remember the Human at the other side of that screen.
That opened a new topic, where one of our Reddit users shared their suggestion of a letter for this difficult task. And it was a good one, we had comments and people using it for their own needs. So, time to bring it to our Blog and share with others.
I have written in Part 1 about the non-official Web Client for Slowly created by our friend WithParadox2.
Time to test it again, take stock, take screenshots, and write a report.
SLOWLY like many other applications we use daily is based on the 'Client-Server' model. Two devices are involved, communicate and each does its part.
Server side is controlled by the service provider, in this case Slowly Communications. The machines are industrial grade, heavy duty, and located in data centers somewhere. In our case, most of them are hosted with Amazon Web Services, the major part of which are located in the USA.
Nowadays ghosting is a common experience for most SLOWLY users, as things are getting worse it seems. New users have reported their despair with this.
Today we have a new contributor to our Blog – with an original story of 3 real life, ghost pen pals attempting a return. Originally a topic on our sub-Reddit for the SLOWLY app.