My apologies if this has already been mentioned, or if it should be in the Wishlist category.

SimPE currently categorizes the Object Workshop and Catalogue Functional Sort using Sims 2 categories rather than Castaway categories. I'm not sure if it would be practical for SimPE to execute a modal switch, but it would certainly be helpful to have the Castaway categories come up automatically, instead of doing translations in my head - although I am getting quite used to it.

These are how the categories translate:

*** Sims 2 ***                 *** Castaway ***

Appliances                          Beds

Aspiration Rewards              Lighting

Decorative                          Storage

Electronics                          Surfaces

General                              Nature

Hobbies                              Mirrors

Lighting                              Decorations

Other                                 No Change

(Build Mode, Neighbourhood, etc.) 

Plumbing                            Cooking

Seating                              Survival

Surfaces                            Seating

Unknown                           Career Rewards, Plumbing, Resources, Story Rewards,

                                        Some Decorations

Perhaps a switch that you culd toggle in SimPE settings (similar to the advanced switch in SImPE) might not be a bad idea, and it could then add those categories for people who want Castaway categories. 

 I would hate to just see additional static categories added to the ones currently there due to the confusion that a newer sims2 user fresh to simPE (the most common new user) would probably drive us  nuts with questions like "I looked under beds and the one I want is not there" or the number of bugs that would be generated and the number of times we would have to explain that beds only applies to stories categories and for sims2 you have to look under sims2 categories IE seating :). 

This is probably a great wish list item - not really sure its a bug.

I guess that we should be starting with that question - is it really in scope or since it can be worked in with minimal code and story owners lucked out :)