Hear, hear! And here's to hoping the SE3 idea of "over/underworking" your population with an effect on their happiness returns... but this time, there could be different ethoi (happiness types in SE4-speak) - the "workers" ethos, for example, might actually ENJOY being overworked (to a degree) and get angry if you don't provide enough work for them!
A simple idea I thought of which could probably be implemented in an SE4 patch is to have a setting on the planets list where you can filter it to planets within X distance of a resupply depot (yours or an ally's) - very handy for Ancient Race players, since their planet list gets all cluttered up with stuff on the far side of the galaxy!
