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The Proton Mail macOS and Windows apps are here, with Linux now in beta (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by Nelizea to c/protonprivacy

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from the team:

Hi everyone,

We’re happy to announce that we’ve now launched the Proton Mail macOS and Windows apps out of beta.

Thanks to your valuable feedback, we’ve added more than 20 new features and fixes from the release of the first beta versions of the apps.

The new Proton Mail desktop apps are here to make your private inbox faster and more productive with:

🌓 Desktop-optimized design that syncs with light & dark mode

📆 Integrated Proton Calendar in app switcher

🎭 Events and hide-my-email aliases in side-panel

🔔 Dedicated app notifications

♻️ Automatic updates for the latest features & security improvements

➕ And much more

🐧If you’re a Linux user, you can join the desktop app beta here:

https://proton.me/support/mail-desktop-app

With the release of the desktop apps, Proton Mail is now available on all major desktop and mobile platforms, offering over 100 million people worldwide a private alternative to Big Tech, regardless of their device.

➡️ Learn more and get the desktop apps here: https://proton.me/blog/proton-mail-desktop-app

Access to the desktop apps is included in all Proton premium plans. Free plans come with a 14-day trial.

As always, we welcome your feedback and we’re grateful for your continuous support.

Stay safe,

Proton team

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Electron app

Shame. I do my best to avoid the resource bloat of electron apps whenever possible.

I mean, when my own iron - dual 12-core 24-thread Xeon E5, 128Gb RAM - sees non-trivial impacts from just two or three Electron apps, I do my best to nip that in the bud by avoiding all that crap.

What’s so hard about building a traditional app? With DotNet you could build a single program for all three platforms, and you could bundle DotNet up into that app such that it doesn’t even need a separately-installed sandbox like Java does.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There aren't any great cross platform UI frameworks for .net. There are a few out there, but they are not as robust as what you can do with stuffing a react app into electron.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

From what I have seen, AvaloniaUI is getting really close to being the ideal framework for cross-platform desktop use. It has become very polished over the last two years.

MAUI on the other hand, has been falling flat on its face on desktop because it is geared much more towards mobile.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I'd agree that Avalonia has come a long way in a short time. It has a lot of potential, but there aren't a lot of UI control libraries available yet.

I'm using it for a personal project and it's very good for cross platform consistency. The trouble is that building a good looking UI is still difficult. Some of that is my lack of knowledge, but some is lack of available docs, examples, and community.

Here's hoping they keep growing those things and become a viable alternative.

[–] Heavybell 3 points 9 months ago

As a .net dev I agree this would be ideal, but I don't do UI much these days so I don't know what's out there for frameworks right now.

I do know one thing that's out there in spades tho, and that's "full stack" JS devs. :P That's probably what's "so hard" about building a traditional app.