Hey,
I have recently adopted a naming convention prefix to my ships and was wondering what were the tricks you were using on your side.
Ships under 500 tons ("fighters") get a * before their name.
PDCs get a +
This way, when looking at the 40+ classes of ships, fighters, PDCs, I can identify at a glance what is what. Sometime I get some doubts. Is Hermes a fighter or a small jump tender? Now I know much better (and faster).
2nd bonus, in the ship classes window, when you click on the drop down list, all your fighters are grouped together, then all ships, then all PDCs. Very useful!
And you, do you use some tricks like that?