I keep this thread watched, because I am very interested in it!
And I add an information: it is not just a visualization issue, but the pointing is affected too. If I rotate the phone to the left, the mouse pointer works as the application bar was along the top edge (where on the screen the notification bar is shown).
The pointer probably could operate on the notification bar, if it could reach the right edge (but the movement stop at a middle point, probably corresponding to the device screen width)
Rotating it to the right, the application bar is found (by the mouse pointer) on the virtual bottom (which is much farther than the device screen, probably corresponding to the screen height), while the left edge allows to operate on the notification area.