I'm glad you asked! Yes, there are improvements in this area in EG 8.1...
1. Column widths will be auto-sized by default when you open data in the EG 8.1 data grid. There is a new Auto-size column widths option (in EG's Tools->Data->General), which is checked by default. If you prefer the old behavior (fixed-width columns), you can un-check the option.
2. If you resize the widths of several columns and want to autosize all the widths again (or if not using the Auto-size column widths global option), you can do so via a new Auto-size column widths menu item on the data grid's overflow menu. (You have always been able to double-click the right side of a column head to cause an individual column to autosize its width.)
For example...
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