Actually, GG, if I understand your statement, you CAN zoom in when in any orthographic view. Just make sure the object is selected, then hit the plus sign at the bottom right side (you should also be in wireframe mode, not rendered.)

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy