When you are a "I compile LyX by myself" LyX'er you could move the tabbars to the bottom ;)
> > Index: src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.C > =================================================================== > --- src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.C (revision 17013) > +++ src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.C (working copy) > @@ -461,113 +469,56 @@ > > void GuiView::initTab(QWidget* workarea) > { > - d.wt = new WidgetWithTabBar(workarea); > - setCentralWidget(d.wt); > - QObject::connect(d.wt->tabbar, SIGNAL(currentChanged(int)), > + // construct the TabWidget with 'false' to have the tabbar at the bottom > + d.tabWidget = new TabWidget(workarea, true); > + setCentralWidget(d.tabWidget); > + QObject::connect(d.tabWidget->tabbar, SIGNAL(currentChanged(int)), > this, SLOT(currentTabChanged(int))); > }