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Google Chrome's biggest annoyance: Download bar

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Re: Google Chrome's biggest annoyance: Download bar

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Post by tzury »

I personally bless this design everyday at least twice a day.

This usually happens when I download a file from one web-service and then switch tab to send that file as an email attachment or upload it to another service (google drive, drop box, etc.)

Having the file box at the bottom let me easily drag that file onto the other tab and get it done.

Yet, by all means, there should be a checkbox available for those who prefer not seeing it at all.

Re: Google Chrome's biggest annoyance: Download bar

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Post by Achshar »

Karunamon wrote: post #10

There won't be an option to disable the shelf. There are other bugs about making dismissing it easier. Status: WontFix Grr. What's the bloody point of open source if the developers of the project won't accept wanted fixes? There are a number of ways I can think of off the top of my head that don't involve taking up unnecessary screen space like that. Heck, even the Firefox extension for a download status bar isn't th…

The point of open source is that if you don't like something, you can fork and make your version which pleases you. Just because a project is open source does not mean it will have to incorporate every user request. Project leads/managers still have their say in that project.

Re: Google Chrome's biggest annoyance: Download bar

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Post by Achshar »

sofa420 wrote: post #12

Looks like someone at Google is working on this actually. Found this in chrome://flags New Downloads UI Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS Disables the download shelf. Will show the new downloads UI as it is implemented.

The only difference, that i was able to make out, is that it disables the bar. But it does say "Will show the new downloads UI as it is implemented." as you point out, so it may still be a work in progress, although i have been seeing it for some time now in about flags. More than a few months actually.

Re: Google Chrome's biggest annoyance: Download bar

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Post by lazugod »

Karunamon wrote: post #10

There won't be an option to disable the shelf. There are other bugs about making dismissing it easier. Status: WontFix Grr. What's the bloody point of open source if the developers of the project won't accept wanted fixes? There are a number of ways I can think of off the top of my head that don't involve taking up unnecessary screen space like that. Heck, even the Firefox extension for a download status bar isn't th…

The point is that anyone can redesign and recompile as they see fit.

Re: Google Chrome's biggest annoyance: Download bar

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Post by corin_ »

mcpherrinm wrote: post #6
tjoff wrote: post #3

Firefox biggest annoyance: The download window. I feel like I've taken a time machine to the 90's every time it pops up. Chrome's download bar on the other hand is quite neat and it doesn't distract your workflow.

Have you seen the replacement UI? https://wiki.mozilla.org/File:DownloadsPanel-Downloading.png For reasons unknown to me, it's been delayed for ages. So long that even Safari has copied and deployed it before Firefox did.

I actually liked the download window in FF, and find this new UI (been using it on Nightly for a while) pretty annoying.

Re: Google Chrome's biggest annoyance: Download bar

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Post by nekgrim »

tjoff wrote: post #3

Firefox biggest annoyance: The download window. I feel like I've taken a time machine to the 90's every time it pops up. Chrome's download bar on the other hand is quite neat and it doesn't distract your workflow.

https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/download-statusb... and it works just like Chrome.

Re: Google Chrome's biggest annoyance: Download bar

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Post by mtgx »

tzury wrote: post #11

I personally bless this design everyday at least twice a day. This usually happens when I download a file from one web-service and then switch tab to send that file as an email attachment or upload it to another service (google drive, drop box, etc.) Having the file box at the bottom let me easily drag that file onto the other tab and get it done. Yet, by all means, there should be a checkbox available for those who…

Completely agree. I love being able to drag the files from the download bar into a WP blog or Gmail. So until Google makes it so you can drag and drop from another tab (if ever, because of the sandbox), they should keep it as it is.
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