Although all browsers offer the option of sending downloads to one specific folder or picking the destination for every file, the first option ends up causing clutter (and lots of copying and pasting) while the second is too much of a hassle. The solution probably lies in a third option: to send specific file types to the default system folders. For example, images automatically download to the pictures folder, pdf's automatically download into the documents folder etc. The only file types that should be downloaded into the browser's download repository should be .html, .xml or other web specific formats. Since these basic folders come pre-installed on all major operating systems, consistency will be maintained. If the default system folder cannot be found, the file can be found on the desktop. Since Chrome already has a very visual way of showing downloads, an icon of the folder type placed next to the file should notify the user where it has gone, without forcing them to prompt for more info. Of course, users should be allowed to change the default file folders from an advanced setting (similar to the way in which the default applications for opening certain file types can be edited in Firefox). Overall, this should be a convenient third option for users who do not want to end up micromanaging their downloads and takes care of the problem in an automated way (just like the software auto update within Chrome itself).
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