The new launcher displays an animated preview of your characters (like in Age of Conan), and it will also allow you at some point to come back to the character selection screen when you leave a character, without relaunching AO.
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/apscreens/patch%2018%205/launchernew01.jpg)
The F10 options menu is being reworked, with a better layout, and easier to use.
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/apscreens/patch%2018%205/scrn0008.png)