Give a visual hint to whether data is already stored in the small science parts

[Honeybadga]

My apologies if this has already been suggested in the past, if the search function hasn't failed me I'm simply incompetent. As the title says, I would very much like some visual hint to whether there is data already stored in the smaller science parts, namely the thermometer, barometer, gravioli detector and seismic accelerometer. If I wanna take this data back home to Kerbin, telling apart the free thermometers from the occupied ones becomes fiddly rather quickly, especially in the dark (thank you for not suggesting mounting some illuminators). The two larger parts, the Mystery Goo container and the materials study bin already give this kind of visual feedback.

Another idea would be a small window you could pop up with all the science parts listed that are on your vessel and from where you can access and operate them and view their status. Maybe these could be ideas for some talented plugin authors reading this?

Btw, would it be frowned upon reposting this in the Add-on Requests section?

Edited April 13, 2014 by Honeybadga

[Yoha]

There are not a lot of answers to this thread but I think that this is the kind of detail that makes a good game great. However, it would be more logical for it to be included in the main game I think.

[TwoHedWlf]

If I wanna take this data back home to Kerbin, telling apart the free thermometers from the occupied ones becomes fiddly rather quickly, especially in the dark (thank you for not suggesting mounting some illuminators).

Maybe you should put some lights on the ship?

Another idea would be a small window you could pop up with all the science parts listed that are on your vessel and from where you can access and operate them and view their status.

Or a simple red and green light on each. Green if it's empty, turns red once it's used?