Will we be able to configure the activity stream to look like New Content used to look?  It was nice and clean with only two lines of text per entry with 20 entries per page.  Now it's multiple lines and I need to scroll to the bottom and select more to see how much there is to read.

I do not like it at all and would love to be able to modify it for my site to have what I had.  This really looks terrible compared to the old look.  Much less user friendly.

You can choose the condensed view to remove the multiple lines. Once you do that it's almost identical to the old View New Content other than some style changes.

+1. 

Unfortunately the current look is not user friendly. The novice user is forced to make numerous settings to get quality content.

1 minute ago, Charles said:

You can choose the condensed view to remove the multiple lines. Once you do that it's almost identical to the old View New Content other than some style changes.

Excellent!  Is that an ACP thing?  I took a quick look and didn't see I could do it as an end user here.

No, there is a switch on the top-right.

http://screencast.com/t/nBjSLAVynP

Just now, Square Wheels said:

Excellent!  Is that an ACP thing?  I took a quick look and didn't see I could do it as an end user here.

Never mind, I see it on the top right now.

Just now, Square Wheels said:

Excellent!  Is that an ACP thing?  I took a quick look and didn't see I could do it as an end user here.

Top right hand corner of the stream - 2 option buttons there.

We are still evaluating the cosmetics of the Activity Streams. Now that it is here live and getting more usage I am sure we will continue to make improvements

OK, new Post: I strongly like Charles commitment to improving the product!

I hope so......

 

Just now, Square Wheels said:

OK, new Post: I strongly like Charles commitment to improving the product!

Anyone who saw the early 4.1 preview to what it is now can attest that we have already made tons of changes.

3 minutes ago, Ryan Ashbrook said:

No, there is a switch on the top-right.

http://screencast.com/t/nBjSLAVynP

Its not anywhere near like the old 'View New Content'

Its more like a vB5 horrendous sort of activity thing - dare i say it 

 

We really like it and most clients are very excited about it

Is it just me or the Activity Stream is much slower here than it was in the test site? Also slower than the old View New Content. 

Its taking me +/- 20 seconds to load.

2 minutes ago, RevengeFNF said:

Is it just me or the Activity Stream is much slower here than it was in the test site? Also slower than the old View New Content. 

Its taking me +/- 20 seconds to load.

Yes we will be sorting that this week.

Loads quick for me.

@Square Wheels Has your strong dislike changed to mild acceptance?  

1 minute ago, Charles said:

@Square Wheels Has your strong dislike changed to mild acceptance?  

I hate you and your stupid video.  I think I might actually be starting to like it.  

Honestly, if it weren't for the video that you reluctantly created I would still dislike it.  All you said was how powerful it was.  As an end user I could not see that.  After seeing the ACP and what it can do it's impressive.  I still won't use it, I'll likely create a default bare bones one and force that on users, at least for a while.  I have found that on my active site, they really don't like change, any change, even if it's good change.

2 minutes ago, Square Wheels said:

I'll likely create a default bare bones one and force that on users

You can certainly create default streams with all the filters you choose on the admin side but I would encourage you to still let users have access to where they can create their own. We think people will enjoy that ultimate user flexibility. Besides, it's up to the user.

I feel if we went from strongly dislike to starting to like it in less than a page we're on the right track here