Google Chrome web browser dev team is improving the functionality of the downloads icon that now sits in the toolbar. Google plans to deprecate and remove the downloads bar located at the bottom.
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Google Chrome's new download experience has is now on the Canary channel. The implementation is clearly a work in progress but here's your first look at what to expect when it rolls out generally.
According to a Chromium Gerrit patch, Google Chrome may soon inherit a new user experience for downloading files, with a ring progress bar in the toolbar of the browser instead of at the bottom.