Since OS 2008, the RSS applet no longer truncates the article heading but wraps it instead, resulting in only a handful of articles visible at any one time (I get about 3.5). If you make the applet wider, to fill the width of the entire desktop you may be able to view more items, but then it will look sh1t.

In OS 2007, the applet truncated articles and was far more usable.

This is a prime example of two steps forward, one step back in OS 2008.