I see where your coming from Micheal, you have all the scaling and rotation options presented in front of you in 3 views with one click of an icon...mmm I like.
I agree with a pivot point option, apart from the mouse, you could probably have some Windows functionality like Arrow Keys to nudge to snap points and CTRL+Arrow
for finer increments same with rotation, click on the rotate widget, pick pivot point (optional), arrow keys, 1 deg increments, CTRL+Arrow, finer.
Maybe incorperate a center thingy in the widget set for 'Move', again, arrow key as above, and hold CTRL+drag makes a copy.
The MS Office users will love it ;)

Cheers
Danny