Brave-browser: Download bar is too big visually and literally

[srirambv]

Description

Visually download bar looks really big and is a distraction on UI. This was a problem on muon as well and users complained about it as well. With added URL info on downloads the size has doubled from normal. Definitely needs a redesign for download bar

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install 0.55.14
2. Download a file
3. Regret downloading file which makes you look at that huge download bar

Actual result:

While downloading


After download complete

Expected result:

Suggested UI

1. Show download name and percentage downloaded, mouse over shows the download URL above the file name
2. Show download name and percentage downloaded, mouse over replaces percentage downloaded with URL
3. Show URL and percentage, mouse over shows the file name ( no need to show the file name as the download is initiated by the user )

Reproduces how often:

Easy

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave | 0.55.14 Chromium: 70.0.3538.54 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)
-- | --
Revision | 4f8e578b6680574714e9ed3bb9f02922b4dde40d-refs/branch-heads/3538@{#937}
OS | All

Reproducible on current release:

• Does it reproduce on brave-browser dev/beta builds?
  Yes
• Does it reproduce on browser-laptop?
  Yes muon has a big download bar which users have already complained about

Website problems only:

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields?
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome?

Additional Information

@bradleyrichter @rossmoody @karenkliu @bbondy @brave/legacy_qa

[bbondy]

note that this was a blocker from security to have this information, so we don't want to remove it with a new design. cc @diracdeltas

[bradleyrichter]

needs a UX review to see if there is a solution that makes everyone happy.

[diracdeltas]

maybe show the origin and/or the progress text on hover instead of in the area?

[srirambv]

+1 on hover behaviour. Honestly its too distracting when there are multiple downloads going on

[jonathansampson]

I received a ping from a user via Twitter today asking that we consider UI changes. This user also encourages us to consider Safari's approach.

[Brave-Matt]

+1 from reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/bkzz5u/customizing_the_browser_to_fix_a_few_glaring/

[Brave-Matt]

+1 from reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/bljeqj/the_download_bar_seems_really_large_is_there_a/

[Neo23x0]

Any news on this?

[c0mpile]

I'd love to know the current status of this.