You could identifying players when you look at them with there name tag and ally players show up on radar as a different color

Some way to tell player ships apart from NPC ships on radar and the HUD would be really useful. The default game client is sorely lacking in this department.

If the devs would implement customizable radars, we'd at least be able to make plugins to do this stuff for us while they focus on gameplay

+1 to Pizzasgood

Fully agree to customizable radars. We have some control using plugins over "Friend or Foe" coloring on the radar (4 slots IIRC), but it's always been glitchy, and I believe the fullest customization at present is only in coloring the target box, not fully on the radar. I could have some of it wrong; I haven't looked at the radar functions in over a year.