After being frustrated with the vertical layout of the BB interface, and wasting too much time with the mouse, I finally resorted to a hardware solution. Setting up an external display in portrait orientation is a simple way that has greatly improved visibility and access to the information. (There's still waaay too much wasted space IMO, burning prime screen real estate, but at least now there are no hidden controls, and all of those vertical lists can be viewed with less scrolling.)