darkmarauder

I suggests the following improvements to the UI: Have an easy way to see the total number of each kind of research labs. Have the empire tree auto-collapse, and only expand the planet in which you have something selected. This will make it clear up the clutter and avoid having to manually expanding and collapsing the icons. Follow-up to the above, expand the planet if you mouse over the planet icon. If you move your mouse away without selecting something, it'll auto-co