I've always hoped Calibre added the feature of hiding this part of the UI, but I guess if it ever happens it won't come out of nothing, so here I am finally requesting it.
Of course, I have nothing against the creator of Calibre (quite the opposite in fact), but I simply use nothing on this column and it's unpleasant to the eye to have it there. I don't need to know what version I'm running/who made it all the time, and I never switch views (furthermore, if I did, there are already shortcuts in placement for such actions). It also shows the amount of books in the library, but that's more of a fun fact I'd see from somewhere else on the UI rather than information that I actively want on screen. Perhaps most useful, there's the "Jobs" part, but when such thing is needed to be clicked on, the user may simply unhide the bar.
Always wondered why this isn't doable, considering the overwhelming amount of customization the program allows for. The bar looks really off-putting to me because not only I don't use it at all (almost, sometimes for jobs), but also because I'm having a very minimal approach to the Calibre UI (everything is hidden, and am using the Cover Grid -view with less amount of info on screen-).
Hope this will be added somewhere down the line!
Of course, I have nothing against the creator of Calibre (quite the opposite in fact), but I simply use nothing on this column and it's unpleasant to the eye to have it there. I don't need to know what version I'm running/who made it all the time, and I never switch views (furthermore, if I did, there are already shortcuts in placement for such actions). It also shows the amount of books in the library, but that's more of a fun fact I'd see from somewhere else on the UI rather than information that I actively want on screen. Perhaps most useful, there's the "Jobs" part, but when such thing is needed to be clicked on, the user may simply unhide the bar.
Always wondered why this isn't doable, considering the overwhelming amount of customization the program allows for. The bar looks really off-putting to me because not only I don't use it at all (almost, sometimes for jobs), but also because I'm having a very minimal approach to the Calibre UI (everything is hidden, and am using the Cover Grid -view with less amount of info on screen-).
Hope this will be added somewhere down the line!