It depends on when you last used it, but yes, it has improved. That said, I would assume that people who like the way LR does things will remain disappointed. Performance has improved a great deal and they've done a lot of work on importing options, exporting flexibility, search speed and so forth. My own DAM process centers around Photo Mechanic Plus for cataloging, culling, searching, naming, keywording and Capture One sessions. I'm starting to dip my toes back into C1 catalogs to test out some of their more recent improvements, but not much yet.