I'm not home and can't test this but, to tell you the truth, I never used any of the things you said. I always resize in the gizmo, I find it much more intuitive and interactive. I'm curious, why do you prefer the numerics panel?
As to the interface, I never changed it, I like it just the way it is.

Anyway, if these are your only problems, I think you should not be disappointed, you should be happy that everything else is running fine! :-)