part 2: now I tried with a clean file, and was able to pick the area and component, but no preview showed up.
part 3. aack! - 0.0.5 having some major issues for me, can't find any way to get a preview to show up. No skatter showing up in render list, clicking on "area" button doesn't hold down button and I don't get the blue selection thing when I hover over objects. Where do I begin to trouble-shoot?

Edit: part 4 - just checked, 0.0.4 is working properly for me. (minus the scrollbar css edit)