So the following is happening in Files whenever the width of the window is somewhat smaller than all the content of the list:

In list view the name column is cropped unto a point where no name is visible at all! And it is even not possible to change the column size manually. Funnily, in some situations it quickly flickers from a larger column width to the small one back and forth before settling on the small size.

Unnecessarily to say, it is extremely annoying.

Is there a way around this or is this just "bad design"?

Oh yeah, Ubuntu 13.04 & 13.10, Files version 3.8.2.