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When you download files in Chrome, progress is shown in a box in the bottom-left corner of the window. Not only does this take up space, but the box vanishes moments after the download finishes typically just when you’re about to click to open the file – so you have to go to your Downloads folder to get to it. A new experimental feature in Chrome solves the problem by showing your download in a separate window, which doesn’t interfere with what you’re doing and lets you retrieve files at any time. To activate it, type chrome://flags into your address bar, look for the entry ‘Download Status in Notification Centre’ and click Enable. Relaunch Chrome and the progress box will pop up on screen the next time you download a file. Once the download is complete, click the arrow on the taskbar to open the notifications area, then click the notifications icon to open the file.