no item dexcriptions show up no matter what you do? i guess it dosnt matter much since when the game is released ill have to  kill the beta and install my disk but i was just wondering if anyoen else had this problem.

Yes, having that problem. No spell or item descriptions.

Look to see if Tooltips is turned off in your User SEttings.  Also check the UI Customization Tool to see where the "Mouse Over" window is.  Skill Pop ups should now appear where the Mouse Over Window is so that people can move it to where ever they want instead of it blocking up the center of their screen.

You will be able to use the beta client to log in to the game, there will be no need to uninstall it and use the disk.