Klaus,
Thanks for taking note of my suggestions.
Just tried v1.3a and possibly not surprising I am still having problems with loading anything but simple Eagle 9 files leading to a crash. It does seem to handle most (possibly all) of my older Eagle 6 & 7 files. Apparently I still have many pre-v6 files as well which it can't read (but I should probably convert while I can).
I would still like to see a way to filter the part listview to top/bottom/both and still keep sorting by group. I will generally place and reflow only one side at a time.
Related to this, I noticed when changing top and bottom layer selections on the board view, that the part ordering would change even though group sort was still (apparently) chosen.
Selections in a layer are (sometimes) lost if you hide that layer in the board view, even though the parts are still listed. This can also lead to a part turning green (the last one active) that isn't selected any more.
With the crosshairs, my idea was that they wouldn't be user controlled but rather that they auto-centre on the selected (red) part to help your eyes quickly focus to the right place on the screen after looking up from the bench. This also helps where the red highlighting is hard for some people to see if they have less sensitivity to the longer wavelengths (see Purkinje effect).
Rather than using arrow keys to control the crosshairs, it could be helpful if they controlled the selection on the part listview, along with space bar to check/uncheck. This would reduce the need to reach for the mouse when you have your hands full of tweezers and whatever.
The warning popup "This filename exists in the file list already" is not needed when opening a file, and it causes the file not to auto load. Maybe you could just move the entry to the top of the list instead of the error.
I also just noticed that on the colour selection page, the Cancel button is also labelled "Abbrechen" even with English selected.
I will try to find a problematic v9 file that I can share with you.
Kean