Newbie Question: System Facilities Cumulative?

[Chronon]

Yes, it would be nice to see information based on the sector as a whole. It would also be nice if the name of the planet did not overwrite all of the other information, if the actual population of the planets was listed, and if the current build item(s) appeared as well (ala Civ3 or SMAC). I would love to be able to fully understand the status of my empire by perusing my systems and not having to delve so deeply into the build queue and ship listings.

[capnq]

if the actual population of the planets was listed, and if the current build item(s) appeared as well

Most of that is already available on the (F5) Colonies window. Current and max pop on the General tab, current build and completion time on Construction. You only have to look at the build queue if you want to see everything in the queue.

IMO SE IV's current system is more efficient than the way it's implemented in SMAC.