Chrome is bringing downloads icon to toolbar

[silversurfer]

Google is working to redesign the downloads interface for the Chrome browser. The company may be shifting Downloads from the shelf at the bottom to the toolbar on top. As of now, it added a downloads icon to the toolbar. You’ll find the downloads experience and UI similar to the new Microsoft Edge and Firefox. [...]

The UI has not been updated for years, Google is now overhauling the downloads interface in Chrome.

Enable new Downloads toolbar button & UI in Chrome browser​

1. Visit chrome://flags
2. Find “Enable download bubble“, select Enabled
   
   
3. Restart the browser.

Note: We’ve been following the development of the feature since December, by running Chrome Canary with a command line shortcut --enable-features=DownloadBubble

Chrome is bringing downloads icon to toolbar

Google is working to redesign the downloads interface for the Chrome browser. The company may be shifting Downloads from the shelf at the bottom to the toolbar on top. As of now, it added a downloads icon to the toolbar. You’ll find the downloads experience and UI similar to the new Microsoft...

techdows.com

 

[silversurfer]

Last year, Google began work on changing the download experience for Chrome and Chromium users. The web browser displayed downloads at the bottom of the screen by default and Google decided to move the entire experience to the top of the browser instead.

One idea behind the change was that the old behavior occupied part of the Chrome window, which meant that the view on the active website was obstructed somewhat.

The new download behavior in Chrome moves all downloads behind a single Downloads icon in the main browser toolbar. The icon displays an animation when downloads are in progress, which indicate the progress of the download.

Chrome displays Downloads at the top now: here is how to restore the old behavior - gHacks Tech News

Google Chrome displays file downloads at the top of the desktop browser now instead of the bottom. Find out how to restore the classic behavior.

www.ghacks.net

 

[Marko :)]

Well, I certainly won't be returning to the old downloads UI. Every time Google changes something, they leave option in chrome://flags for returning to how it was before. But after a month or so, they remove flag(s) completely, leaving you without options to revert the changes and you're stuck with new option anyway. So, the sooner I get used to it, the better.