When I design a new tech, such as a new engine or weapon, and click "create", I get no feedback. As an inexperienced user, this leads me to believe that my click didn't register or that there is a bug.
A better behavior would be: User clicks the create button, and upon DB insert of the new project, an alert appears with text such as "Design Created! Before this design can be produced, it must be researched at a lab. "
An even better behavior would be to help new users understand where to look for the technology. "A new research project for this design has been created under <tech tree area>. Before it can be produced, it must be researched at a lab. "
This would prompt me to immediately go to that tab.
Also, I don't believe it auto-refreshes the list of available projects to show this new design. . . if not, this would be nice.
I know it isn't a huge change/issue, but it would have saved me an hour or so of troubleshooting.