Launcher waits before webpage is loaded before becoming usable

That indeed seems like an issue, it shouldn't interfere with the normal operation of the launcher.

Same issue here sometimes i get huge times i have to wait:

Launcher 0.7.1 (Dev) (through bootstrap 2) started on windows...
System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 7'
System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.1'
System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_17'
System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
Trying to log in...
Logged in successfully
Delta time to compare resources: 32373 ms

Confirmed. Neither the versions selection or the play button can be used until the tumblr page loads.

It is still an issue in 0.8.2 and shuld be reopened.

Launcher 0.8.2 (Dev) (through bootstrap 2) started on windows...
System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 7'
System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.1'
System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_21'
System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
Loaded 1 profile(s); selected '(Default)'
Going to log in with legacy stored username & password...
Trying to log in...
Logged in successfully
Delta time to compare resources: 3291 ms 
Download job 'Resources' skipped as there are no files to download
Job 'Resources' finished successfully

The launcher is way faster than 0.7.* but the version menu is frozen and play button grayed out, until the tumblr page loads, there for you cant start the game until then.

For me the webpage is loaded faster than comparing resources.

Confirmed in version 1.3.10 with the following environment:

• Java Version: Java 7 Update 51

• OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (with Classic theme)

With the environment stated above, I am unable to do anything with the launcher (like edit profiles) until the Tumblr page is fully loaded. Although with 1.3.10, the launcher seems to load faster, this does not fix the issue stated in this issue.

Warm regards, Liam Whitt.

Fixed but only when you have javaFX (you're java 7 or higher, or have manually installed it)

Just to clarify, is the Play button supposed to be greyed out before the webpage loads when you DON'T have the latest version installed yet? I just started up the launcher before I had the latest b snapshot, and then I spam clicked the play button to see if I had to wait for the webpage to load first. I did. I'm on 7u51.

I think that may just be it still loading version information from remote, which coincidentally finished at the same time of the browser page loading.

Alright, I kinda guessed that might be what was happening, but I just wanted to check.