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Launched more than 14 years ago (yes, yes…), the Chrome web browser continues to be perfected by its creator: Google. With a market share of more than 65%, the Google Chrome browser crushes the competition, which does not prevent it from constantly offering new features. Recently, it has stepped up its fight against unencrypted sites, using SSL/TSL. Accessing sites that do not use encryption (HTTP) becomes more complicated as Google Chrome updates are linked, this is also the case recently for downloads.

Google Chrome is still perfecting its interface

In addition to welcoming new features, the Google Chrome browser also sees its interface evolve on a regular basis. Many changes, but overall relatively discreet, to never disturb the user experience.

The latest version allows you to discover the optimizations made to the download system. For a long time now, every download under Google Chrome has been materialized on the screen by a small bubble located to the right of the address bar. The latter allows you to view the progress of the download, without having to open any additional window.

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Now, this little bubble has a new feature that lets you track simultaneous downloads. Therefore, the new download menu icon has an overlay system, which will take care of displaying the total number of active downloads. This number appears only when more than one download is in progress and disappears when the downloads are complete or the number of downloads in progress is less than two. So simple and effective.

As mentioned above, this is still a minor “new feature”, but it further strengthens the practical side of Google Chrome, strictly from the user’s point of view. The feature is already present within Google Chrome 111, via pre-launch channels, under the name “Download Bubble V2“. For the general public, Google Chrome version 109 was recently released.

Of course, in addition to the “basic” features, Google Chrome also offers many extensions aimed at making life easier for Internet users. Google has also made great strides when it comes to browser performance in recent years.

However, whether you want to get rid of Google Chrome or just test out another browser that might better suit your needs, we now offer you a complete guide to (re)discover five alternatives to the almighty Google Chrome.