Ally ship designs

[ckotchey]

Again, new to the game here.... but...
In my first game vs. the CPU, I was allied with one CPU player for most of the game, and he's now an enemy. I noticed a few things:

- I know almost none of his ship designs. Shouldn't there be some facility whereby I should know his ship designs as a result of our previous partnership? (i.e. is there a treaty level at which ship designs are traded? If not, I think they should be exchanged between allies at some treaty level. say, at "Military Alliance".)

- Also, if I *do* know the design of an ally ship - how might I view them in the ship designer windows? I can view my own ships, or my enemies' ships, but I can't view my allies' ship? This is something else that I think is missing (if it is indeed missing).

ps. Are developers from Malfador known to visit these forums? (i.e. do any of my suggestions, etc., here have any chance of being heard and acted upon?)