agreed, it does take up space. this has been passed back to developers, hopefully they'll reconsider. BUT, I did find that yo do not have to run in full screen. change it from full screen to customizable size window (the top three windows buttons, the "-, [], X" set), and then drag it from small to big, until you get rid of the bottom scroll bar. then you wull see most of the stuff on screen and not have to scroll, but still have some windows realestate to use. and then just minimize it when it is operating.
just my two cents