Here is another article that is not about any of the “normal” topics of this newsletter: genealogy, history, current affairs, DNA, and related topics. However, it caught my eye. I am a very satisfied user of the Proton products and I will suggest that all computer owners who have an interest in personal privacy should at least check out the many features of Proton.
The following is from the Proton Blog:
In recent months, we’ve brought a lot of big additions to the Proton ecosystem, such as Proton VPN for Business(new window), Proton Sentinel(new window), Password Sharing(new window) in Proton Pass, and Proton Drive photo backups in beta. By comparison, we haven’t said a lot about Proton Mail and Proton Calendar, but that doesn’t mean we’ve been idle or moved our focus away from Proton’s main services.
Instead, over the past three months, we intentionally took a different strategy for Mail and Calendar. Rather than focusing on big ticket items, we compiled a list of requests from Proton community members on how Proton Mail can make your life easier. This involved aggregating statistics from Reddit, Twitter, and UserVoice, and also analyzing data from over 100,000 support tickets dating back several years. Then we began diligently working through the list.
Why focus on small improvements rather than attention-grabbing launches? Because ever since our 2014 community crowdfunding campaign, Proton has been community supported. We don’t make money through ads and we have no venture capital investors, so you, the community, are the only people we answer to. This list reflects that as it is composed entirely of your feedback.
Today we’ve reached the milestone of 75% completion of our list, and we would like to share with you some highlights of what we’ve implemented, as well as a glimpse of what we’ll tackle next.
The full article is rather lengthy so I recommend that you read it at: https://proton.me/blog/mail-calendar-improvements-2023.