I think there is merit in being able to see all your installed providers, some posts on the forums have even said they can't see things, when in fact all they had to do was scroll down.
Sasha's new Icons look great (much prettier than BitDefender), but they are also larger than the existing ones, which would leave less room for text.
Edit: seeing the movement of the avast branding on the left to an alternate location would give extra space.
Personally I don't find the BitDefender screen shot attractive, simple, clean lines, yes, attractive sorry No. But there is no accounting for my taste (poor or otherwise)