No need to always show version info in the UI (remove the unnecessary "status bar")

[rxhfcy]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I don't think it's ever necessary to clutter the UI of an application by always having version information visible in the main UI. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any other application that feels the need to always show it. Version information can normally be found (only) in the About dialog.

Describe the solution you'd like
Hide the version information from the main UI. I can't think of a valid reason why it should always be visible, except as a needless placeholder for an occasional reminder to update the application, but it's better to just explicitly show a dialog or something and automatically offer to update MacBox and its components when necessary (and not clutter the main UI at all times).

Describe alternatives you've considered
If the user wants to find out what the current version number is for some reason, the standard way is to use the About dialog (maybe the current "Version status: up-to-date" text can be added there too, with a button to update if necessary).

I hate unnecessary preferences, but even a user preference (default behavior: hide the version info) would be better. I really hope it doesn't come to that though.

Additional context
Here's an example from Whisky. When Whisky notices that its component "GPTK" has an update available, it shows a dialog box:

This is the normal update dialog for Whisky application updates:

[Moonif]

Maybe I should tweak it a bit to make it more obvious, but the status can be clicked to open the Version Manager, it's pretty useful for handling updates for 86Box, ROMs and MacBox with just one click.

[rxhfcy]

Maybe I should tweak it a bit to make it more obvious, but the status can be clicked to open the Version Manager, it's pretty useful for handling updates for 86Box, ROMs and MacBox with just one click.

Counterargument: from a normal end user's point of view, I think you should try to make it less obvious instead (i.e. move it out of the main window), and handle updates with as close to zero clicks as possible.

What I mean is, I think managing updates and other "under the hood" stuff is a great example of something computers should ideally do as automatically as possible. After all, I believe end users just want to run their VMs (they don't want to have to know when and how to click random UI elements to open version managers to manually handle updates).

BTW it just occurred to me that the default update channel should probably be "Stable", not "Experimental", because otherwise updates will probably be far too frequent for normal users who just want to run their VMs, especially if and when every update requires "manual clicking labor". Web browsers have accustomed users to automatic and silent updates, but other software still can't do that, so unfortunately I don't think MacBox can just do the obvious thing without asking pointless questions or forcing users to manage updates manually, at least in the near future. So the next best thing to do is to not bother the user too often with updates and other such mundanities. :)

(Please don't take any of this the wrong way! I don't mean to diminish the importance of your work, far from it. MacBox is great and it already makes handling multiple VMs far less tedious. I'm just offering my opinions on how to potentially improve it even further)

[Moonif]

No worries, I'm in no way will be taking your opinion the wrong way! On the contrary, your feedbacks are much appreciated. 👍