Completely agree with the "it sucks" sentiment and nearly all the other posters here. I won't waste space by reiterating all the issues previously mentioned other than to say "me too". Did want to mention a complaint that I haven't read here yet:
The console no longer has a palette of menus and tools at the top of the window like the C# client console windows. (send Ctrl-Alt-Del and Full Screen are the only buttons despite a large banner). If you want to do anything to a VM that you are working intently on (like tweak its settings, take a snapshot, attach an iso, etc) you have to go back and find it on the main screen and get in the right context to make changes. Of course, you likely switched that to some other part of the main window while you were waiting for the VM open in the console to finish installing an update, shutting down or whatever. Working with several of these like that is very time consuming.
P.S. I have found that the advice elsewhere to speed up responsiveness really does help to make it less sluggish. (right click while the interface is loading and only the vmware logo is displayed, select settings and increase local storage to 10M or unlimited - must right click before the username/password boxes appear as right click is disabled then). Do a browser reload after making this change. Less agonizing now (the trees especially perform faster), but still nowhere close to the experience and usability of the C# client. I've gone from total loathing to mere resentment.
Running 5.5 (latest updates as of writing this)
