in "Timeline.fdxsl" you can easily change the setting to your favorable:
<!--type how many pixels in height should be equivalent to a single day (24 hours) in NEWSPAPER mode -->
<xsl:variable name="NEWSPAPER_SCALE" select="400"/>
<!--type how many pixels in height should be equivalent to a single day (24 hours) in CHANNEL mode-->
<xsl:variable name="CHANNEL_SCALE" select="50"/>
<!-- type 1 if you want to get auto-expanded contents of newsitems in NewsItem view, otherwise type 0 -->
<xsl:variable name="AUTONEWSITEM" select="1"/>
<!-- type 1 if you want to get auto-expanded contents of newsitems in Channel view, otherwise type 0 -->
<xsl:variable name="AUTOCHANNEL" select="0"/>
<!-- type 1 if you want to get auto-expanded contents of newsitems in Newspaper/Group view, otherwise type 0 -->
<xsl:variable name="AUTONEWSPAPER" select="0"/>