Two things:

1) Observers are kicked out of the game for most games (technical issue)

2) I think that you can see player resources is actually quite nice, but when clicking on the map nothing happens, that's what I meant with interactivity. If you could take the exact functionality that you have if you're playing the game - when you click on the HQ it shows what buildings are sending to the HQ, the resource lanes - that would be great.

3) When hovering over playnames on the right-hand side of the screen you don't see their total cash+resources, that should be added in. I think if you combine that you can swtch between player views, but also add in the usual ingame elements the observer mode could be really fun.

4) Chat Bug: Observers chat with the names of the player they have currently selected instead of their own. 

5) Chat Bug #2: Only hosts can see observer messages.