TL;DR
When a spidertron is in contact with a power pole, spidertron batteries and robots should recharge much more rapidly


What ?
Spidertron batteries and personal roboport robot recharging make sense. But it should be possible to go "plug-in"
by making contact with a power pole. When in ...

TL;DR
When Science Packs are the only item being shown in the Production window, assign their colors by color.


What ?
Using the string "sci" in the Search field in the Production window, it is possible to limit the items displayed to
only Science Packs. In such a case, or if a new Science Pack ...

TL;DR
In addition to the Items, Liquids, Pollution, Kills and other tabs, add a Science Packs tab.


What ?
In the Production window, Science Packs should have their own tab in addition to being searchable
through the Items tab.

Why ?
In late-game play, Science Packs are by far the item most ...

TL;DR
When using any search field, Tab, Return and perhaps other keys should move focus out of the search field.


What ?
In any search field, there should be key-strokes that cause the search field to lose focus.

Why ?
In all well-known operating system GUIs and web pages, the Tab key ...

First, the thing I'm most likely to search for in the production window is "science pack". This is so much more often than any other thing I search for that I suggest it should have its own tab, along with Items, Fluids, Buildings and "Pollution Kills". (I know, I know, it's two separate tabs. But ...