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.
Posted by Dominik Schöler to makandra dev (2023-11-09 12:40)