Quote - > Quote - Get rid of camera control widgets and use mouse and keyboard to pan, zoom, rotate, etc.

 
You can do that already.
Space+left mouse = pan
Ctrl+Space+left mouse = zoom
Alt+left moue = rotate

Okay then, how about rotation controls that don't make me seasick, and a finer and more direct way of setting the pivot than via 'point at'?

-- I'm not mad at you, just Westphalian.