Google Chrome: How to restore the old downloads bar
It seems the flag has already been removed in Chrome 119 :'-(
The old Chrome downloads bar had several advantages over the new subtle downloads dropdown:
- see all (many, at least) downloads at once and see their progress
- downloads can be opened with a single click
- drag them back into another web page to upload them again, with no extra clicks required
How to get it back
- Go to chrome://flags/#download-bubble
- Click the dropdown and change it to Disabled
They say the flag might be removed in the future, but for now it gets the downloads bar back.