I find the bridge unreliable on my windows 10 PC. I frequently have to delete and re add the account to get my emails. Many times I get multiple copies of the same email, other times the new emails don't arrive. I've pretty much given up on the bridge and use the web. I would certainly prefer a desktop app. Hopefully I could integrate my other emails into the proton app.

Bridge doesn't work seamlessly for me. I'd love to see a centralized desktop app!

For those who regularly clear their browser cache and use 2FA an app (such as a PWA) which allows you to stay logged in while clearing cache is very useful. As well, you can integrate security with biometric login (like on the phones).

Would like to see the proton iPad mail app to be allowed to run on the M1 MAC.

I would be totally for this since it's not a big move to make the iOS app into a Mac desktop app with little development.

I have stopped using ProtonBridge for now because with Windows 11, it often requires me to log back into it.

We really need a true ProtonMail desktop application for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Like a better version of Outlook made by ProtonMail that integrates both email and calendar into one easy to use application!

I beg to differ. I feel they should have a better integration with GNOME and KDE.

Just make a Desktop Shortcut No app needed.

Here’s how to convert website to app with Automator:

Launch Automator from the Applications folder
Click New Document ➙ Workflow
Navigate to Internet ➙ Get Specified URLs
Replace the address with the URL you want to make an app out of
Add the Website Popup action and customize its settings for your new app

I disagree. I'd rather have the Proton devs sped their time on the security and services and not re-inventing another email client. The bridge, like anything else in life, has a bit of a learning curve and works quite well with Thunderbird.

It would be interesting to have the bridge integrated into one of the many fine email clients, in the way Enigmail plugin was and now OpenPGP is integrated into Thunderbird.

Its would also allow for the protonmail to be set as the default mail!!

A long-time user of tools like Thunderbird, Eudora Lite, etc., the bridge works great to secure my email as I move it in bulk from providers such as Gmail and Google Workspace. Forwarding a few hundred or thousand emails to ProtonMail is a pain, but the Proton Bridge works great. If a desktop app were to be developed, it would have to support other email providers. Learning to implement the Bridge isn't that difficult if you know how to configure your email client for email these days...sheesh, figuring out IMAP ports, SMTP, can be a pain in itself. ProtonBridge makes it work quite well. -An Everyday user of ProtonBridge

I also got a lot of benefits from your mail and there should be dedicated app for desktop too, So i can offer directly to my ecage website for newsletter : https://esoftcage.com/

I do not support this idea. The current website is fantastic and I would love to see further improvements to that. Adding the overhead of developing a dedicated desktop app would take away resources from other efforts. Plus, the bridge allows the use of existing desktop mail apps.

What type of app are you looking for? There are thousands of websites just like as https://treeplantation.com that we can use for our personal use.

As if it hasn't been said enough

NJ

Even if this was done as a true PWA in downloadable format that didn't rely on a browser (with shared history and cookies) this would be a great step.

Maybe this is old, or not exactly what you want, but here's what I did. Launch ProtonMail in Chrome. Click the three hamburger dots in the upper right corner, then hover over "More Tools" and then click "Create Shortcut". In the box that pops up, rename the shortcut if you want, MAKE SURE the "Open in Window" box is checked, the click "Create". This puts a shortcut on your desktop that will open ProtonMail in a "browserless" window that looks and acts more like a desktop app.

I would also welcome a dedicated email client with full search and ENCRYPTED storage by default. Lots of people just use Bridge on unencrypted drives. At this point is kind of pointless to have encrypted email if anybody gets their hand on their PC. Sure, we can argue that this is user problem but it definitely introduces unnecessary security risk in otherwise secure product. Linux client is a preference in my case. :)