Chrome download bar interface fail

I love Chrome, but it annoys me in one small, pedantic way: the download bar. Whenever a file is downloaded, a bar pops up at the bottom of the screen. The only way to close the bar is to click on a tiny button on it. There's no keyboard shortcut. There's no way to disable it. There's no way to make it disappear once a download is completed. I googled for a solution.

The top hit for "Chrome download bar" is "Removing the download bar?". Ouch.