Speaking of menu bars... I really dislike how the current application's menu bar can infringe on the icon bar on OSX. I realize that on Windows, icons also mini

Speaking of menu bars... I really dislike how the current application's menu bar can infringe on the icon bar on OSX. I realize that on Windows, icons also minimize, but on OSX you can't just show all the icons like you can in Windows. If I'm in an app with a lot of menus, I have to switch to a less menu intensive app to get to an icon I want (usually Hangouts) (is there some way to change this? - Google returned nothing). Back when I switched to OSX from Windows, I was baffled by the one bar to rule them all approach. While it has it merits, allowing the bar to show infinite icons and letting apps control their menu/options width detracts from its 'cleanliness'.