Okay i can work around it, but it would be really cool if i could drag select polygon faces through an object, while partialy selecting said polygon faces.
You can switch this up in the preferences. System > Preferences > Selection > Partial Polygon Selection Secondly if your coming from maya check out... System > Preferences > Remapping > Mouse Input Presets Maya (Navigation only) Navigation only is best, really helped me with the switch over.