I feel like the current design is overwhelming me with data, especially for large questions with plenty of activity. There's so much data there, almost raw, unfiltered. ThisThis monster timeline, for instance shows me screen upon screen of downvotes, upvotes, almost without context, comments that have no meaning without knowing where they were in relation to all the other comments.
Maybe I'm just picky, but it's hard for me to see the utility of this. For small questions you can simply follow the question and not bother with a timeline, for large questions there's too much data and it makes it hard to use. Either way, its usefulness is hard to see. However, if the design was somehow tweaked, it could prove useful. Robert C. CartainoRobert C. Cartaino is onto something with his design.