Below are links to youtube videos (please note the relevant time in the FFXI video -- in brackets below).

Notice that the FFXI interface is snappy. Notice that the FFXIV interface is sluggish.

The FFXI interface is snappy in all aspects of FFXI. The FFXIV interface is sluggish in all aspects of FFXIV (for me anyway). I live in Japan, less than an hour away from the SE head office. So it is not distance to the server.

#1 is FFXI - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCnz760kmys
(0:45 - 1:15)


#2 is FFXIV - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnATW8tzrGI
(most of the video)

Will FFXIV ever have a snappy interface like FFXI's?