Ubuntu :: Getting Config Menus To Fit On Netbook Screens?

I don't think I'll find a good answer to this question, but it doesn't hurt to ask. I'm running 11.04 on a netbook with a 1024x600 screen. In almost every program I try to run, the config/preferences menu takes up so much space that the bottom of the window scrolls down into the workspace below it. The only way to fix it is to maximize the windows, but that's a bother to have to do every single time. And sometimes, maximizing it screws things up even worse, although that's rare.he only program to be really bad about it is Evolution, which puts the top bar on the workspace below it even though the majority of the screen is on the other workspace. And all of the buttons still aren't available after maximizing