The best download UI right now, is Safari's
Google Chrome's biggest annoyance: Download bar
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Re: Google Chrome's biggest annoyance: Download bar
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
>..you can fork and make your version which pleases you. Which is completely unrealistic for 99% of people out there. Nobody's going to fork Chromium based on a single UI facet. And then even if you do, you're in the unenviable position of maintaining a branch for a single UI fix. Not happening in this universe, guys. I just wish project leads/managers would listen a bit more to the community rather than arrogantly d…
> I just wish project leads/managers would listen a bit more to the community rather than arrogantly dictating "It will be done this way, deal with it".
You say that looking at single side of the coin. On the other side, the story is different. The devs receives several feature tweaks every single day. One can give detailed responses for only so much longer. There will be one time when you just cant write a satisfying response because it is not your main job.
Re: Google Chrome's biggest annoyance: Download bar
#43I've found Google Chrome's downloader stalls out or fails from time to time, so I'm pushed to Firefox for these failed downloads.
Re: Google Chrome's biggest annoyance: Download bar
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
>..you can fork and make your version which pleases you. Which is completely unrealistic for 99% of people out there. Nobody's going to fork Chromium based on a single UI facet. And then even if you do, you're in the unenviable position of maintaining a branch for a single UI fix. Not happening in this universe, guys. I just wish project leads/managers would listen a bit more to the community rather than arrogantly d…
> I just wish project leads/managers would listen a bit more to the community rather than arrogantly dictating "It will be done this way, deal with it". You say that looking at single side of the coin. On the other side, the story is different. The devs receives several feature tweaks every single day. One can give detailed responses for only so much longer. There will be one time when you just cant write a satisfyin…
>There will be one time when you just cant write a satisfying response because it is not your main job.
I've got to disagree here. There's always time to remain gracious and professional. If you can't bother to keep those two qualities when dealing with your users, you should probably find a new line of work.
Re: Google Chrome's biggest annoyance: Download bar
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
>..you can fork and make your version which pleases you. Which is completely unrealistic for 99% of people out there. Nobody's going to fork Chromium based on a single UI facet. And then even if you do, you're in the unenviable position of maintaining a branch for a single UI fix. Not happening in this universe, guys. I just wish project leads/managers would listen a bit more to the community rather than arrogantly d…
This
Also, most of the people who say "oh, go fix yourself", did you try even to build chrome from source?
A friend of mine tried, and it's a huge pain! File size, compile times, libraries, etc, etc
Unfortunately, having the build environment sometimes is more difficult than changing the code.
Re: Google Chrome's biggest annoyance: Download bar
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Random cool images I see on the web... I use them as inspirations for apps / sites that I design. Right-click save as... and I'll review them at some point. But now I have this big bar at the bottom that I don't want to see. :-(
You could just drag the images right to your desktop.
You're right, and sometimes I do do that. But most times I'd rather have it end up in my Downloads folder. Also, on my mac laptop, I'd have to drag, exposé-show-desktop, drop, exit-exposé... :)
Re: Google Chrome's biggest annoyance: Download bar
#47When I read this I was just astounded by the self-righteous, entitled tone as if the person who filed this knows (yes, "knows", not "believes" or "prefers") that the download bar is an annoying, unnecessary, undesirable feature that the Chrome team must fix immediately. It's not the request itself that bothers me but the tone of it.
I use Chrome on 4 very different machines. A 10-11" Xubuntu laptop, 11.6" MacBook Air, 20" iMac, and a dual 17" monitor Win7 machine. On each computer I feel a bit differently about the download bar. On the MBA and iMac I love it, on the Win7 machine I'm indifferent to it (I actually have a love/hate relationship with it on that one) and on my Xubuntu "netbook" I consider it a necessary evil. So I feel both ways about the download bar but I would never call for its end because it's far more helpful than not.
Its really not difficult or at all time consuming to close it out. And yeah, I totally agree that it would be a good idea to have the option to not show it. Notice I said "it'd be a good idea" and not "there should be that option". If I were the guy on the Chrome team that read this I'd consider it but not make it a priority simply because it sounds like entitled user complaining which the web is so chock full of, especially when users get something free.
Sometimes I really hate users. I mean, lots of people like me need them to succeed with our startups but god damn it if they don't just piss you off to no end sometimes. There's a big problem with users not being able to tell the difference between what they'd like to have and what they need to have. Often it's a real fine line. Yes we should give the users what they want within reason (the customer is always right and all that) but at what cost? My web browser needs to allow me to download files. I would like for it not to clutter up my screen with another window made active by default. Solution? Download bar. Great! But now I need the download bar to just go away because it takes up too much screen space. Or do I? Maybe what I really need is a bigger monitor or to close the bar when it shows itself. Is it an annoyance? Yeah. Is my demand more important than the desires of other users if they're happy with the download bar? No. Unless I'm the only user. It really seems like lots of users really believe they're the only users. It's like every user on the web is an only child or something that's been accustomed to being served everything they want all their lives at the expensive of others' needs.
To be clear, and to repeat it again, I really do think the option to always hide the download bar would be a great thing for users and it'd even help me! It's just that I've seen so many entitled attitudes from users, my own clients, and others this past year and a half that it gets to me bad and I think a lot of people can relate. There's a way to get attention and there's a way to get the wrong kind of attention. You know, Chromium is open source. Maybe someone who wants it bad enough will fork it, add the functionality mentioned, and submit the changes back to Google. Who knows, maybe the next auto-update will surprise us with this new feature.
Re: Google Chrome's biggest annoyance: Download bar
#482 and a half years ago I tried Chrome and was turned off by the download bar. I pleaded, along with a few others, for at least a shortcut that would close the bar. The response was: What's the matter with your mouse? EDIT: Oh wait. This issue was from 2 years ago. Silly me thought something finally changed. And it seems the main discussion isn't in the OPs link, but here: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/deta…
I've noticed the Chrome team are pretty cavalier and don't seem to appreciate outside recommendations and critiques. If Google ever changes the download bar in Chrome, you can be damn sure it has nothing to do with a snarky Chromium bug tracking thread. And they wouldn't be totally in the wrong because it isn't a bug, obviously.
But honestly, would you be so quick to respond to a snarky bug tracking thread? I wouldn't. The fact that it's so snarky with such an entitled attitude would push me to give it attention at some point but it definitely wouldn't make my top ten list. There are better ways to go about this stuff and I think reports like this one are counterproductive.
Re: Google Chrome's biggest annoyance: Download bar
#49No! The biggest annoyances for me are:
1) Not easily switching to a new tab when it is opened (I somehow learned about command-option-shift-click, but, really);
2) Not being able to use ctrl-scroll wheel (on Logitech trackball) to zoom (command +/- not nearly as nice).
Re: Google Chrome's biggest annoyance: Download bar
#50The best download UI right now, is Safari's
Why? Come on man, don't leave us hanging. Give us an argument. Start a discussion. You can't just leave that dangling out there like that. That's why these comment threads exist.