Pointless (at least on Windows platform) - Windows has built-in antivirus since 2013. While we are at the subject of downloads, I would love to be able to disable the warning prompt for downloads even if that option is burried somewhere in flags or advanced settings.Īnnoying - It is totally indiscriminate (for example it warns you that NVIDIA driver setup can harm your computer), and IMO it just leads to user fatigue, which in turn leads to user being trained to click Keep / OK / Yes buttons without thinking. I would say that those seemingly small changes lead to considerably improved end-user experience compared to bare Chromium download interface. ![]() Right click on a download item results in this context menu: Pin icon results in docking to the right side: I initially requested this feature on Reddit here, and some people argued that better built-in download manager is just a cosmetic feature - below is my rationale why it is much more than that.īetter download manager UI and UX in the browser itself reduces the risk to security and privacy associated with users having to install shady browser extensions from poorly curated Chrome Web Store.ĭownload extensions seem to be one of the prime targets of malicious actors - so many people are looking for download manager extensions because the Chromium built-in download manager sucks, and Microsoft did well to recognize and address that concern so Here are the screenshots as requested.ĭownload settings (note that it is possible also to disable menu popping up when the download starts, I like that):īuilt-in downloads page (please note categories on the left and ignore "managed by your organization bar, it is the result of me configuring GPO settings):ĭownload button and menu (mouse hover over an item shows icons to open folder and remove download, or to retry cancelled or failed download): ![]() The rest of downloads UI is the same (there is still Downloads page), and I really wish if Brave would take that particular feature from Microsoft Edge, because I really dislike the download bar at the bottom of the browser window. ![]() Instead of annoying bar on the bottom of the window which takes nearly 1/12 of the client area height, they have a toolbar button and a nice menu that opens up when you click it which shows the downloads and common actions for them. After using Chrome and Firefox for a while, I tried Microsoft Edge recently and even though I am not going to use it because of privacy concerns (I started using Brave instead), there is one feature Microsoft implemented differently than other Chromium-based browsers which I really like - the downloads UI.
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