I use the unit list screen a lot to help me find where my masons etc have got to and figure out why nothing is getting done. However, this screen could do with one simple improvement: let us open the 'view units' menu on top of it.
This way we could easily scroll through the list and figure out, say, which of our soldiers has what weapon, instead of either having to scroll around the map trying to find them all or using the unit list to go to each one in turn (currently this involves lots of entering and exiting menus, and lots of scrolling down the menu from the top for each dwarf).
So it would look something like this:
(oh the irony that i have to bodge an ascii representation of what the screen looks like 
)
code:
#############################Dwarf Fortress##################################
# # blah blah blah, Carpenter #
# blah blah blah, miner # "bleh bleh bleh" #
# blah blah blah, miner # #
# blah blah blah, miner # #
#=blah=blah=blah,=carpenter=====================# Sleep #
# blah blah blah, carpenter # #
# blah blah blah, mason # Novice Woodcutter #
# blah blah blah, mason # Talented Carpenter #
# blah blah blah, mason # Dabbling Grower #
# blah blah blah, mason # #
# blah blah blah, metalsmith # #
# blah blah blah, metalsmith # #
# blah blah blah, craftsdwarf # #
# blah blah blah, craftsdwarf # #
# blah blah blah, craftsdwarf # #
# # g:Gen i:Inv p:Pref w:Wnd #
# z = Zoom-Cre b etc etc # space: Done #
#############################################################################
We could then easily scroll through dwarves comparing and editing preferences etc. This would be a real time saver.
[ September 20, 2006: Message edited by: daveybaby ]
