This is really starting to seem like hell. Nothing seems to work with the interface, from the simplest things on up. Tab key to go to next ship? Nope. Esc or Enter to close the current window? Heck no - in Ship Designer, I go to throw away changes, get the popup "You will lose any unsaved changes, do you wish to continue?" window. Escape key brings up the options screen, while the Enter key ... Ends the turn, instead of, as the manual says, "End Turn or close current Window".
Technically I suppose it does as described, it ends the turn - but it certainly doesn't close the current window, not any current window. Not the best user interface design, deciding that the SAME key either closes a window, OR ends the turn.
The middle mouse button - it's supposed to let you rotate the map, your view of ships in the ship designer. Doesn't do a bloody thing - I can zoom in / out with it since it's also the mouse wheel, but nothing else. Makes it difficult to get a proper view of the map or, especially, to place items on ship designs.
Since I'm not hearing tales of woe from everyone else, I'm starting to wonder if the installation didn't get totally screwed up (downloaded yesterday since Gamestop lost my pre-order, updated to the new V1.0X.1 patch). But since I don't have a CD, I can't try to reinstall without going through half a day redownloading. Sheesh.