arg i really don't know i think the icons should be somehow more visible maybe bigger and have their text on the outside the text should definitely be a different font and not something bold
It's because you need to be logged in to see images that are hosted by the forum itself. I'm not sure if that is be design or a quirk of the forum. You can probably see them now that you've made an account and are logged in.
If it works for you, keep using it. I was trying out some ideas of representing the flow that goes into the economy, as well as some derived numbers both of my own and that were cited by a top player.
say i'm in a shared army, would this help me identify the source of energy or metal loss? if i'm suddenly finding that we are in the red
Source, no. That would be a separate mod I haven't gotten around to making yet. (This one has not yet implemented total shared resources from allied armies.)