In 2.49 you can enable the tweak mode in the preferences, there seems no reason not to include this in 2.5 as well, so one worry less :). In addition it should be possible to place arbitrary widgets anywhere in Blender so the option to enable / disable the tweak mode can be placed in whichever menu you want. Out of…
2.49 was discussed in the Sunday meeting notes last week. http://pasteall.org/4471 According to Ton its got the go ahead pending confirmation of features and a review of the bug tracker. According to this weeks notes http://pasteall.org/4522 Late April could be a target release date, but there are lots of current bugs that…