Multiview channel selection- Better solution?

Is there a way to change the multistream channel selection bar to a mini 2 or 3 row guide, instead of the sliding channel selection? It would be easier to scroll up and view what is on instead of scrolling to the side.

Assuming you mean Multiview, I agree, better channel selection UI would be appreciated here.

Another idea would be, to be able to "channel surf" live through the channel collection, within each cell of the grid.

Yes multiview. The feature works great. It just seems like there can be a better way to quickly add channels