Native desktop application instead of web wrapper
The current ProtonMail Windows desktop app looks like a zero-effort separate web window.
Instead, it should be a fully-featured client app, similar to the very well-built "eM Client."
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lineacr commented
Currently, there’s really no reason to use the Mail app over the website. If anything, there are downsides to using it, such as the white flashes that appear when cold launching the app. I don’t use dark mode for no reason, and I don’t like being blinded by multiple white flashes due to a sloppy Electron bug that will most likely never be fixed. A native app would already address this problem, be much faster, and integrate better with Windows. Please consider developing a native desktop app.
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Rene B commented
It's a matter of app reaction speed. I fully support this proposal.
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Razvan D commented
You have a lot of desktop clients to choose from! or just your preferred web browser ...
Why create so many interfaces? they should focus or more important features / improvements -
Kazimierz Krauze commented
I don't think that these are "minor" benefits. Performance - yes (even so, much much better, if everything is stored locally it would open just right away, I personally have to wait somewhat betwein 10-30 second to open proton mail!). But also:
- much faster searches as it is storem locally
- offline access -
Jeb Kerman commented
I don't really think this is a priority as it can take a ton of time to develop separate GUI apps with only minor benefits, aka performance.
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Peter commented
Also for macOS please.. the electron app sucks big time. Luckily we have the Bridge that still operates..
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Matt commented
I use a PWA of the web app using the "Progressive Web Apps for Firefox" plugin and it offers a superior user experience than what Proton Mail is offering. They should really be identical, but somehow this hacky solution produces better results.
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jkmooney commented
Agree. Right now, I use Protonmail for my "important" emails. Gmail is for attracting "junk" and there's an aol email that my ISP provided that I never use. I don't want to "pollute" my proton account by importing those emails into it. What I really need is a desktop app that independently connects to those three accounts.
To that end, you might consider taking a look at Mailspring. It's good email application that's cross platform and I have confirmed it works with Protonmail right now You can write a plugin for it that would not only simplify connection to your server but, perhaps, even add your calendar.
A "Proton-Enhanced" version of Mailspring could be symbiotic for both of your companies. It would give you a better desktop app and infuse life into an already good stand-alone email client.
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WM commented
I agree. I love the idea of the desktop app, but it would need to have it's own regular and advanced settings that operate independently of the web settings so that users can have settings when using a browser that are appropriate for that method, but have other settings when using the desktop app since that is a different method.