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William Devereux
Microsoft
MicrosoftIntroducing 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...
The flag to use the bottom bar stopped working for me a few weeks ago, since then, I was "forced" to use it (because I won't come back to chrome) so this is my feedback:
The current state of the download "thing" is actually very good.
Files are sorted by date, drag and drop is working, you can delete files and it goes away (if you don't pin it).
I have to say I changed my point of view, and now I don't even miss the bar.
I would love a "remove from the list without deleting" and maybe the ability to move it to the left side or the bottom
Overall, at the current state I think is a cool replacement from the bottom bar.
The fact that if you hide the bottom bar, you can't just pop it up again at will, you need to download something else to bring it back was maybe one of the things I liked about this approach.
I Still think that the old bar is far simple and does its job perfectly, and there are instances (like old people or non-tech users) where a simple bar is what we need.
I Still think there should be a flag to allow the user to decide.
Even if the default is the new one.
The current state of the download "thing" is actually very good.
Files are sorted by date, drag and drop is working, you can delete files and it goes away (if you don't pin it).
I have to say I changed my point of view, and now I don't even miss the bar.
I would love a "remove from the list without deleting" and maybe the ability to move it to the left side or the bottom
Overall, at the current state I think is a cool replacement from the bottom bar.
The fact that if you hide the bottom bar, you can't just pop it up again at will, you need to download something else to bring it back was maybe one of the things I liked about this approach.
I Still think that the old bar is far simple and does its job perfectly, and there are instances (like old people or non-tech users) where a simple bar is what we need.
I Still think there should be a flag to allow the user to decide.
Even if the default is the new one.
I agree with agcemo. There is nothing wrong with the current download experience, or the old one. The only thing I hate is the location and the fact that it opens automatically. I have used Mozilla Firefox and although the download experience is similar, I think I like the Firefox experience better compared to the new one.
Ps. After I post this, I am going to install Firefox on my phone and give it a try.
Ps. After I post this, I am going to install Firefox on my phone and give it a try.