I would like to put the Search panel on the left of the window, but it has a minimum width of about 500 pixels, occupying almost half of my screen. Could this minimum width be lowered or removed? It seems to be the Options frame, with the long "Open search results in external browser" and the Search Engine list that is requiring so much horizontal space. The layout was fine in the old UI, but now it can be placed vertically on the left, and I think it's preferable to have it on the left, as the torrent list has to be there, so I think it should be changed to be narrower, or fluid to adjust to both horizontal and vertical placements.

Oh, looks like it's been addressed in this thread: http://ktorrent.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1301

Sorry for not reading it first. I'm glad that you're going to improve it though. Thanks!