I've been away from the game for awhile, and I just now got my Java launcher to work and all I gotta say to that is just... wow.
It took <10 seconds to scan all ~40,000 files!?
Just... wow.
Downloading new stuff (some 67MB worth) is much faster too.
I can't wait to actually get in game and see how good the client runs these days.
Sadly, though, I gotta leave for work as I'm typin' this, so I gotta wait until I get home first lol.
But seriously.
I'm in love with this new launcher already.