no it isn't improved.
To demonstrate the clunky feel of view(), I recorded two clips for viewing the same matrix in 1.0.153 and 1.2.687:
code:
test.mat <- matrix(data=runif(2000000,0,1),nrow=20000,ncol=100)
1.0.153
https://imgur.com/a/FbEnKle
1.2.687
https://imgur.com/a/ZMlsXdC
*click image to view the clip
I'm in ubuntu 16.04