[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#13764) Wishlist: Improved nation selection screen

["Daniel Markstedt" <himasaram@xxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13764 >

I've been trying out the latest CVS and the new nation selection screen 
is a great improvement. Well done!

However, it's not a perfect solution. Nation groups of very different 
quality is listed together as tabs and that gives a rather confusing 
impression. In addition, selecting for example "European" or "Modern" 
will still bring up a staggering amount of nations to choose from.

My suggestion is to add a drop-down menu for "era" groups, right above 
the nations list. In the current ruleset, it would contain Ancient, 
Medieval, Modern and possibly Fictional. All other groups will be tabs 
as it is now.

This way, users may narrow down the nation list further by selecting 
for example "Modern" from the drop down menu and "European" from the 
tabs for modern European nations. It will also give the selection 
screen a cleaner look.

AI players should always be chosen from the same "era" as the human 
player has selected. And if not overly complicated to implement, 
primarily also from the same region.

Daniel