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Overhaul of folders and unread email identification
I know there are similar requests in this vain, but I wanted to consolidate ways to deal with the "problem" here.
With the emphasis on aliases and the use of SimpleLogin (or similar) within Proton Mail ("PM"), for those of us that are (to a fault) uber-organized, the sidebar has become a huge list of folders to help manage all the emails from all the aliases. Filters place emails directly into the appropriate folders to be dealt with. In an overkill of organization, subfolders are used as well.
Example: a master folder might be "Travel" and general travel-related emails end up in there. For specific trips, however, the use of aliases might be used and subfolders are created within "Travel," like "Japan," "Germany," "Cruise 2026," "United," "Delta," etc. It is more important than ever to be able to quickly identify where there are unread emails to deal with. The following are suggestions taken from a couple of email client competitors.
Currently PM acts like Outlook for Mac, where if there is an unread count in subfolders and the primary folder is expanded, the count is seen. However, to keep things neat, if the folder is collapsed, there is no indication of unread email in the subfolders. Fastmail attempts to address this by making the collapsed folder bold, indicating that at least one subfolder has an unread. They claim they don't want to put a number next to it because it would be confusing.
Thunderbird was able to address the "confusion" by showing a total count of all emails unread in the primary and subfolders when collapsed as a "hallow" number. Then when the folder is expanded, the number next to the primary folder is solid and represents the unread in the primary, and all the subfolders show their respective unread counts. That is one very appealing option.
Something that Fastmail did do right, which in my work flow is even better, is to provide the ability to HIDE a folder in the sidebar if it doesn't have any unread emails. (You can also hide it if it's empty, if you're the type to delete/move an email out of a folder once dealt with. Personally I keep all my emails forever so my great-great-grandchildren have something to remember me by.) You still have the ability to go to the hidden folder by clicking on a button to reveal all the folders, either the "search" for iOS apps, or the View/Goto... option on the desktop. The result is a clean sidebar that only shows folders when it gets an email to deal with. As soon as it's read, the folder goes back into hiding.
If Proton Mail is asking to become the default email application, hopefully on the plan is a major version update to include many of the competitive features of other clients. (Funny saying "competitive" because clearly, unless you're Microsoft and you want to inshitify your products and use your customer's data, I'm sure there is zero profit margin in providing a "state-of-the-art" email client. In the long run, however, it would only help drive traffic towards the paid versions of the Proton packages. I'm sure the Proton developers are pedaling as fast as they can, so I sympathize with the challenges. Maybe the Swiss can reach out to the Aussies and see if there's some I/F code sharing possibilities...)
Thank you for your consideration.
I know there are similar requests in this vain, but I wanted to consolidate ways to deal with the "problem" here.
With the emphasis on aliases and the use of SimpleLogin (or similar) within Proton Mail ("PM"), for those of us that are (to a fault) uber-organized, the sidebar has become a huge list of folders to help manage all the emails from all the aliases. Filters place emails directly into the appropriate folders to be dealt with. In an overkill of organization, subfolders are used as well.
Example: a master folder might be "Travel" and general travel-related emails end…
3 votes -
Improve Calendar UI for more transparency
I migrated my business from M365 to Proton Business. Unfortunately, it’s not really possible to use the calendar for professional work. It would be helpful if you could change the resolution of the calendar view (e.g., hours, 30 minutes, 15 minutes). This would allow you to properly display and read appointments that last only 30 minutes.
3 votes -
API centric focus
Proton offers a range of products that are designed with privacy in mind. They can be used in all kinds of ways, as seen in all the requests done on this platform. Proton’s community is large and includes allot of developers.
This request is made to request a more API driven design for the proton ecosystem. Allow us to help you to build better and more tools.
10 votes -
Make swiping more fluid, just like in the old Proton Mail app on iOS
In the old version of the Proton Mail app on iOS, you could easily swipe a message to delete it. Now, when you want to delete a message by a quick swipe, it stops and shows you the bin icon. Only when swiping again, or clicking the bin icon, it deletes. This is not as intuitive and by far not as satisfying.
11 votes -
Sharing calendar with non proton users to show a webpage and not to download a .ics
Hey, is this the year 2010 ? Because when I share a calendar and it gives me a link, I'd expect that this links shows the Proton Calendar webapp with my calendar in it. And I can then say if this link is viewer or editor. I don't know, like Google Docs, Proton Docs, Proton Sheets and oh everyone ??
Seriously how is Proton still in the Stone Age where they thought it was an okay thing to have a share link that was a mere « download a .ics » link ??? That freaking baffles me. Proton, get your **** together. Sincerely.
Take the devs off of Lumo and crypto wallet for all I care, no one asked for those.
Hey, is this the year 2010 ? Because when I share a calendar and it gives me a link, I'd expect that this links shows the Proton Calendar webapp with my calendar in it. And I can then say if this link is viewer or editor. I don't know, like Google Docs, Proton Docs, Proton Sheets and oh everyone ??
Seriously how is Proton still in the Stone Age where they thought it was an okay thing to have a share link that was a mere « download a .ics » link ??? That freaking baffles me. Proton, get your…
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Add a 1 button apply all Filters to existing emails somewhere on the main page.
When creating filters for the first time, you have to either go to the settings menu to create and run them or you have to click the check box of an email > click the move the folder icon > select the folder > select 'Always Move sender's emails'. To apply that filter to past messages, you still have to go into filter settings, and run that 1 filter against the entire inbox.
If someone has a mailbox that they've never organized, this adds a lot of unnecessary back and forth between the Inbox to select an email and create the filter using the Move to icon and the filter settings to run that newly created filter against the entire inbox.
Adding a 1 button solution that applies all existing filters, without having to go into the settings menu, would make this process a lot easier.
Filters would need to run much faster, so that users don't just click the button 10,000 times, when they don't see it working immediately.
Or you could add a progress bar similar to Outlook's rules, to let the user know things are happening and to wait patiently.
When creating filters for the first time, you have to either go to the settings menu to create and run them or you have to click the check box of an email > click the move the folder icon > select the folder > select 'Always Move sender's emails'. To apply that filter to past messages, you still have to go into filter settings, and run that 1 filter against the entire inbox.
If someone has a mailbox that they've never organized, this adds a lot of unnecessary back and forth between the Inbox to select an email and create…
3 votes -
Show warning when link text doesn't match destination
I recently sent some emails where I accidentally had a mismatch between link text and the destination itself.
One was where an email link didn't match its target:
alice@example.com (points to: bob@example.com)
I also had another email where the URL was slightly different from what was displayed:
example.com/profile/alice (points to: https://example.com/profile/bob)
I would blame myself for these mistakes, but the hover tooltip shows link text instead of the actual destination, giving a false sense of safety. The fix could be as simple as showing the destination in the tooltip, or adding a confirmation before sending when there's a mismatch.
I recently sent some emails where I accidentally had a mismatch between link text and the destination itself.
One was where an email link didn't match its target:
alice@example.com (points to: bob@example.com)
I also had another email where the URL was slightly different from what was displayed:
example.com/profile/alice (points to: https://example.com/profile/bob)
I would blame myself for these mistakes, but the hover tooltip shows link text instead of the actual destination, giving a false sense of safety. The fix could be as simple as showing the destination in the tooltip, or adding a confirmation before sending when there's a…
3 votes -
label custom sort
I accidentally pressed the "sort" button for labels and now they are sorted alphabetically. There is no way to undo this...
I would prefer if I could sort by most recent label.
For example I have labels for travels trips. Italy 2023, Italy 2024 etc. but they show up very far down because of alphabetically. Also only the most recent one is important and needs to be accessible.
3 votes -
Multi-languages corrections and translations in Proton Mail
In a same session, I often write emails in 3 languages depending on my counterpart (English, French and German) but Proton Mail does not support orthographic verification in more than one language at a time.
I am Fluent in French and English but not in German.
I find it disturbing when I write an email in French and that the system is set up in English to see almost everything underscored in red.
I find having to write my emails in another app supporting multiple languages corrections time time-consuming and inconvenient.
I also find it time-consuming and inconvenient having to use an external translator when I receive or send an email in German.
Multi-languages support in Proton Mail would be a big plus.In a same session, I often write emails in 3 languages depending on my counterpart (English, French and German) but Proton Mail does not support orthographic verification in more than one language at a time.
I am Fluent in French and English but not in German.
I find it disturbing when I write an email in French and that the system is set up in English to see almost everything underscored in red.
I find having to write my emails in another app supporting multiple languages corrections time time-consuming and inconvenient.
I also find it time-consuming and inconvenient having to…8 votes -
Dark mode not rendering correctly on mobile
When I use dark mode on the Proton Mail mobile app, it doesn't render certain emails correctly. Specifically it doesn't adjust the background color consistently, so some sections have very low contrast and become unreadable. When I open the same emails on my browser, they render just fine on all the themes. The issue seems specific to mobile. It would be very helpful to have a more consistent experience across mobile and browser. I have kind of given up on opening up emails on mobile for this reason because sometimes I truly can't ready them.
5 votes -
Duplicate email detection
Duplicate detection during Easy Switch from Gmail is not perfect and sometimes duplicate copies of imported emails remain, eating up space. It would be great to have an option to detect and remove them later.
4 votes -
Teams meeting link in Proton Calendar app
Hi,
When we have a Teams meeting on the Proton Calendar app (on the phone), we cant find the meeting link. It is not in the event, when I use my phone.
At the moment, I either have to go on the Proton Calendar app on my laptop, or in the email.Can we have the meeting link on the phone app as well?
Thanks!!
9 votes -
Broader timezone-compatability in Calendar
I routinely get calendar-invites that can't get imported into Proton Calendar because of some error in the timezone-encoding.
To import it i have to save the .ics-file, open it in Outlook and then manually enter it into Proton..8 votes -
Force sync button
A button to force sync in the Android app, as all my events are not synced on Android, even after waiting for a while. Only app reinstall allows a full sync.
27 votes -
Folder <text box search filter>
Issue: Once you start to have many folders (lets say 100+), it starts getting a bit annoying to find the correct one as you need to scroll down to find it.
Solution: Just above the "Folders" section in the Mail, there should be a text box where you can type, and as you type it filters the folders with those characters.
For example: I want to search for a folder name "Proton". I could just type in this text box "p" "pr" "pro" "prot" "proto" "proton" and find folders that contains these characters. Similar to how Steam does it for the games library.
Bonus 1: Include an toggable option to show the parent folder if the filter finds sub-folders.
Bonus 2: This could also be added to the settings->folders and labels, as well as settings-> filters.Simple and very useful :)
Issue: Once you start to have many folders (lets say 100+), it starts getting a bit annoying to find the correct one as you need to scroll down to find it.
Solution: Just above the "Folders" section in the Mail, there should be a text box where you can type, and as you type it filters the folders with those characters.
For example: I want to search for a folder name "Proton". I could just type in this text box "p" "pr" "pro" "prot" "proto" "proton" and find folders that contains these characters. Similar to how Steam does it for…
5 votes -
sort folders without going to settings
On the Proton Mail inbox (https://mail.proton.me/u/5/inbox) scroll down to 'Folders':
Add a sort button right next to the + (add folder) button and before the gear (settings) button. This would eliminate the need to load another page to sort the folders and then reload the inbox page.
Also, as others have recommended, allow the subfolders to be sorted alphabetically.
Optionally, allow the folders to be sorted when they are created
4 votes -
Search in Settings
Please add a search bar to the settings. It’s really hard to find specific options because there are so many settings. Take a look at how the Vivaldi browser implemented settings search — it’s very convenient and intuitive.
5 votes -
search the text of a specific email
I want to be able to search within the current opened email, the one i'm looking at. If i use a browser, i can easily use ctr+f to locate a certain keyword. But I am unable to do so using the Pronton email.
5 votes -
Support cmd-0 and cmd-tab to reopen the main window
The macOS Proton Mail app should support the cmd-0 (zero) keyboard shortcut to reopen the main window in case it was closed (without quitting the app). It should also reopen the main window if the user uses cmd-tab to switch to the app and its main window isn't already open.
This is basic, typical behavior for macOS apps. See, e.g., News and Maps, which both support both of these behaviors.
It's super clunky that the only way for me to get Proton Mail to open its main window again is to actually click on it in the dock.
2 votes -
Bulk import of .ics files
Importing multiple .ics files to calendar (web) is quite annoying. You have to import each file individually. Allow user to select multiple files to be imported.
4 votes
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