[gnarea]

Thank you so much for the feedback and the kind words!

Based on my limited/high-level understanding of the SMSWB and TxtNet projects, your assessment sounds about right to me.

Re: UX for Awala-compatible apps, I totally agree it's going to be difficult for people who are used to standard Internet apps, like web browsers. In fact, I'd say it's going to be even more challenging for people in those regions where they do have smartphones/PCs but have never had any connection to the Internet.

In both cases, I believe the solution is to totally rethink the common UX patterns we employ in networked apps, where the lack of connectivity would be treated as an exceptional event that the user has to sort out.[1]

This is top of mind for me and I'm actively working on a partnership with other organisations in this field to produce a guide for UX designers. I'm hoping we get to announce it and get to work on it in the coming weeks!

[1] https://awala.network/service-providers/ux