[lynaghk]

Hi friends!

Keep in mind that this project was a lark that Nicki (http://www.nickivance.com/) and I literally made in the back of a van for her exact use case.

My article is a fun writeup of the design considerations and challenges of an email-only UI. It's not supposed to be a marketing piece, to convince you to (not) use the service, or to pass moral judgment on anyone's preferred communication medium.

I should also point out that emailing the app a Slack token is the same as emailing it a password, since the token allows it to read/write messages on your behalf (which is, of course, the whole point). Sending passwords around via email has security implications, which I'm sure you (a thoughtful, attractive, and considerate HN reader) can come to your own conclusions about based on your personal needs and risk preferences.

[buraksarica]

Please just ask for that token and email over SSL. It's that simple. No need to risk people to lower user acquisition ramp.

[xyzzy_plugh]

You could, or you could just add a few round trips in the email thread and perform a handshake with the token HMAC encoded.

[fouc]

on the stop slacking site, I think the "captions" should appear before the images. It was initially confusing because the first caption doesn't show under 800px height screen. If I hit spacebar and scroll a page, then I see "you get mentioned on slack" and the following picture that looks like an email client, which is confusing.

[wootbeep]

Thanks for the feedback! My screen is usually under 800px height as well, but it helps to have a fresh view on how it reads.

[adnanh]

Hey, instead of polling, for the trigger words such as @mention etc you can use outgoing webhooks integration.