I installed the most recent version of Balsa (Sept 4, 2009) on my Acer Aspire One (netbook) running Ubuntu Jaunty. This netbook has a very small screen -- 9.5 inches, I believe.

The app opens with an unmaximized window that is too large for the screen. The bottom of the window, containing the toolbar, does not show. I cannot resize the window. The grab bars don't seem to work - neither does the resize option from the "taskbar". Resize will enlarge the window, but not shrink it vertically.

This sort of problem happens quite often with the Acer Netbook -- that the control buttons of a window do not show, making the app unusable. The typical workaround is to resize the window to be narrower, thus making the control buttons appear. That can't be done with Balsa.

Note: I am not an experienced Ubuntu user -- perhaps there is some setting somewhere that tells the OS how small the screen really is; however other apps seem to work, although manual resizing is sometimes required.

I have the same version of Ubuntu and Balsa running on a Dell laptop with regular screen (15") and everything is fine.

Thank you,

Catherine