Actually, the issue for developers is not that it's difficult to hold the stylus properly, but that the folder changes when the stylus is held down. The context menu that pops up is indeed for the folder/message that was initially tapped, even if that folder/message is no longer on screen when the context menu appears.

Unrelatedly, I have the darndest issue with Claws (which I generally love). When I use the iGo keyboard and am composing a new message, the first time I hit the space bar--whether it is after the first word in the subject or the first word in the message--a new window is opened and the first post listed in my first RSS folder is opened. Anyone else experiencing this???