I use one big display, and I don't have a problem with this, either. Even on my 17" widescreen laptop, I never have Firefox maximized. I simply have a standard

I use one big display, and I don't have a problem with this, either. Even on my 17" widescreen laptop, I never have Firefox maximized. I simply have a standard location that it opens to, my other applications fit around that in their standard places, and I go from there. Alt+F9 minimizes in Gnome, Alt+Tab switches between applications. I rarely touch the mouse in relation to window management, so this business of wasting time manipulating windows is something that I have not experienced.