Windows 7 Not enough padding!

I do like W7 but there are one or two annoyances, one particular annoyance is that there isn't enough padding or empty space around files in a folder when you want to select them, (when you have large icons selected that is!) XP was ok for that, it didn't matter what size icons one had... Not a big deal really I suppose, however, maybe something to think about for W8. Has anyone else noticed that? Hope so, it'll make me feel better about this almost pointless post!