Index: channels/__init__.py
==================================================================
--- channels/__init__.py
+++ channels/__init__.py
@@ -74,17 +74,18 @@
     gtk_cat = None    # Gtk widget for category columns
     ls = None         # ListStore for station treeview
     rowmap = None     # Preserve streams-datamap
     pix_entry = None  # ListStore entry that contains favicon
     img_resize = None  # Rescale `img` references to icon size
+    fixed_size = [24,24]  # Default height+width for favicons
 
     # mapping of stream{} data into gtk treeview/treestore representation
     datamap = [
        # coltitle   width	[ datasrc key, type, renderer, attrs ]	[cellrenderer2], ...
        ["",		20,	["state",	str,  "pixbuf",	{}],	],
        ["Genre",	65,	['genre',	str,	"t",	{}],	],
-       ["Station Title",275,	["title",	str,    "text",	{"strikethrough":11, "cell-background":12, "cell-background-set":13}],  ["favicon", gtk.gdk.Pixbuf, "pixbuf", {}], ],
+       ["Station Title",275,	["title",	str,    "text",	{"strikethrough":11, "cell-background":12, "cell-background-set":13}],  ["favicon", gtk.gdk.Pixbuf, "pixbuf", {"expand":False}], ],
        ["Now Playing",	185,	["playing",	str,	"text",	{"strikethrough":11}],	],                                                                             #{"width":20}
        ["Listeners", 	45,	["listeners",	int,	"t",	{"strikethrough":11}],	],
       #["Max",		45,	["max",		int,	"t",	{}],	],
        ["Bitrate",	35,	["bitrate",	int,	"t",	{}],	],
        ["Homepage",	160,	["homepage",	str,	"t",	{"underline":10}],	],
@@ -185,11 +186,12 @@
 
 
     # Just wraps uikit.columns() to retain liststore, rowmap and pix_entry
     def columns(self, entries=None):
         self.ls, self.rowmap, self.pix_entry = uikit.columns(
-            self.gtk_list, self.datamap, entries, show_favicons=True
+            self.gtk_list, self.datamap, entries,
+            show_favicons=True, fixed_size=self.fixed_size
         )
         # no longer using `conf.show_favicons`
 
 
     # Statusbar stub (defers to parent/main window, if in GUI mode)

Index: contrib/reddit.py
==================================================================
--- contrib/reddit.py
+++ contrib/reddit.py
@@ -48,11 +48,14 @@
     # control attributes
     has_search = False
     listformat = "srv"
     audioformat = "video/youtube"
     titles = dict(playing="submitter", listeners="votes", bitrate=False)
-    img_resize = 24  # scale down reddit preview `img` artwork
+
+    # favicon scaling (from reddit preview `img`)
+    img_resize = 32
+    fixed_size = [32,26]
     
     # just subreddit names to extract from
     categories = [
         # static radio list
         "radioreddit 📟",
@@ -294,11 +297,10 @@
                         state = "gtk-page-setup"
                         format = "url/http"
                     else:
                         log.DATA_SKIP(format, row["url"])
                         continue
-            #log.DATA(format, row["url"])
 
             # repack into streams list
             r.append(dict(
                 title = row["title"],
                 url = row["url"],

Index: uikit.py
==================================================================
--- uikit.py
+++ uikit.py
@@ -84,20 +84,20 @@
     #   entries = [ {"titlerow":"first", "interndat":123}, {"titlerow":"..."}, ]
     # Keys not mentioned in the datamap get ignored, and defaults are applied
     # for missing cols. All values must already be in the correct type however.
     #
     @staticmethod
-    def columns(widget, datamap=[], entries=None, show_favicons=True, pix_entry=False):
+    def columns(widget, datamap=[], entries=None, show_favicons=True, pix_entry=False, fixed_size=24):
 
         # create treeviewcolumns?
-        if (not widget.get_column(0)):
+        if not widget.get_column(0):
             # loop through titles
             datapos = 0
-            for n_col,desc in enumerate(datamap):
-                                
+            for n_col, desc in enumerate(datamap):
+
                 # check for title
-                if (type(desc[0]) != str):
+                if not isinstance(desc[0], str):
                     datapos += 1  # if there is none, this is just an undisplayed data column
                     continue
                 # new tvcolumn
                 col = gtk.TreeViewColumn(desc[0])  # title
                 col.set_resizable(True)
@@ -105,22 +105,27 @@
                 if (desc[1] > 0):
                     col.set_sizing(gtk.TREE_VIEW_COLUMN_FIXED)
                     col.set_fixed_width(desc[1])
 
                 # loop through cells
-                for var in xrange(2, len(desc)):
+                for var in range(2, len(desc)):
                     cell = desc[var]
                     # cell renderer
                     if (cell[2] == "pixbuf"):
                         rend = gtk.CellRendererPixbuf()  # img cell
-                        rend.set_fixed_size(24, 24)
-                        if (cell[1] == str):
-                            cell[3]["stock_id"] = datapos  # for stock icons
+                        # stock icons
+                        if cell[1] == str:  # only match for literal `str`
+                            cell[3]["stock_id"] = datapos
                             expand = False
+                        # pixbufs
                         else:
                             pix_entry = datapos
                             cell[3]["pixbuf"] = datapos
+                            if fixed_size:
+                                if not isinstance(fixed_size, list):
+                                    fixed_size = [fixed_size, fixed_size]
+                                rend.set_fixed_size(*fixed_size)
                     else:
                         rend = gtk.CellRendererText()    # text cell
                         cell[3]["text"] = datapos
                         #col.set_sort_column_id(datapos)  # only on textual cells
 
@@ -133,17 +138,10 @@
                     datapos += 1
                     #log.INFO(cell, len(cell))
 
                 # add column to treeview
                 widget.append_column(col)
-            # finalize widget
-            widget.set_search_column(5)   #??
-            widget.set_search_column(4)   #??
-            widget.set_search_column(3)   #??
-            widget.set_search_column(2)   #??
-            widget.set_search_column(1)   #??
-            #widget.set_reorderable(True)
            
         # add data?
         if (entries is not None):
             #- expand datamap
             vartypes = []  #(str, str, bool, str, int, int, gtk.gdk.Pixbuf, str, int)