Wow - old ticket. Don’t they do this so security - anti spoof hints show up - some web apps hide location bar etc. or is the request to force location bar display and not force site info into title? That seems likely to be more annoying.
Adding an extra always-visible toolbar/address bar is the alternative, although wastes screen real estate for all users all the time.
Overall, I would say on balance breaking native toolbars is less damaging to the average user than wasting 60px always...
edit: Under Linux/BSD that is...