1) Idle colony message - when clicked you are immediately whisked to the govern screen and you are not sure (unless there's one in the building queue) whether you have a shipyard on that planet or not - it's not indicated anywhere on the govern screen.
Can you add a small icon to the govern/colony management screen that shows whether this colony has a shipyard or not? A small "s" icon will do.
Otherwise you have to exit the idle colony/govern screen, then find the colony from the list and click on it to determine whether it has a shipyard or not and then enter the govern colony screen - again.
2) Idle shipyard message - when clicked you are immediately whisked to the ship construction screen. If you have more than a few colonies, you might not remember exactly where the associated colony is and so not be able to plan your ship construction strategically. Would it be possible to have a map option on the shipyard screen indicating where the colony assocated with this shipyard is sited on the map? This would save the hassle of having to quit the ship screen, then clicking through your list of colonies to find it, then clicking on the colony to determine where it is located on the map, then clicking on its shipyard to get back to the ship construction screen - again.
These additions/changes would make the ship side of things and also colony management somewhat easier, especially in the case of huge empires.
Thanks for listening 