Well, it works pretty well for me, haven't had any serious problems DMing for 5 people 3 of which were complete newbies with d&d and roll20. Maybe because my players are mostly programmers. Or because I had to use roll20 because I don't have people to play with locally so I learnt both roll20 and d&d 5 at the same time.

> Something as simple as equipping a piece of armour is an excersise in trying 5 different things

You just drag&drop it from compendium to your inventory?