Hey Slocan,
first, i have to thank you for all the time you put into developing this really useful program.

now comes the nitpicking. starting with the update spree, I found many quirks in the new versions that make me wish i could go back to "simpler times". For one, there are the strange sorting bugs (some new entries on top, some on bottom...), but most importantly:

I mostly used the desktop widget as a demon for always having the main feed list up-to-date, plus 3-4 entries of feeds i read often. that made it a very practical and sleek combination of a widget with very little screen space, plus always updated feeds.
now the widget is huge, like, xbox-huge. half a screen, and no way to switch it off? i don't see me browsing the feeds ever within the widget only, when a useful, well-customizable interface is just a touch away.

Is there any way of convincing you to make the widget size configurable? Or, alternatively, having the user select a widget mode, or, if all else fails, providing a second, mini-widget?

Thank you for your consideration. Keep up the good work!