Here's my 17in 1280x1024 for comparison - rofl.
When I heard that I had had my US monitor upgraded (my fiance wanted a bigger one to use when Im not there of course
) I thought cool .. more room to play with .. nope, the interface seemed to be bigger and looking at your image Vis it looks like the size of the monitor is the cause of the over sized screen I was dealing with. I was expecting the dashboard and top panel to stay the same with the central part of the screen being increased.