Forum Discussion
William Devereux
Microsoft
Feb 02, 2021Introducing the new downloads experience
The new Microsoft Edge recently turned one year old, over the last year we’ve heard your feedback about the downloads experience. While there’s a lot you liked, a common criticism was that it was oft...
sellorio
Apr 19, 2021Copper Contributor
Please for the love of god just add a setting to disable this. The problem with the ribbon at the bottom was that you forced people who choose where to download each time to click an extra button each time. Please change that too!!!! If I want to pick where to download each time, just pop up the file save dialog like Chrome does and like you used to. Why do we need to inject extra clicks to the user experience???? I hate this feature so much!!
You say "a common criticism" but ignore the proportion of normal users that never complained about this. There now I have given you some real user feedback that everyone wants because why would anyone want to click a download link and then Save As to get the file save dialog every friggen time?!
You say "a common criticism" but ignore the proportion of normal users that never complained about this. There now I have given you some real user feedback that everyone wants because why would anyone want to click a download link and then Save As to get the file save dialog every friggen time?!
Wyatt C Jackson
Apr 19, 2021Brass Contributor
As I remember, there was an option to customize that behavior.