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Figure 9-14. The Downloads window shows you whatever you’re downloading now (complete with
Pause, Resume, and Cancel buttons), along with a list of things you’ve downloaded recently. To have
a look at your Downloads folder at the desktop, hit “Open folder.”

To view the list, open the Hub ( ), and then Downloads ( ). Click the

to clear a downloaded item’s name from the list, or “Clear all” to erase the
entire list. You’re not actually removing any files from your computer—
you’re just erasing the visual record of what you’ve downloaded.

Tip

Don’t forget you can add the button to your toolbar, so you don’t have to burrow into the Hub
to find it every time. See “Scrolling Edge”.

Stop Autoplay

There’s nothing quite as obnoxious as a web page that begins to play a

video, blaring sound, the instant the page opens. Or, worse, an ad. How