I agree with you 100% Michael, the edit frame is marvelous!

I will say and add my vote that I think it would be nice to have a 3D gizmo for the 3D view only as you mentioned.

I wish there was a way you could get it to us quick-fast and let us see if it's worth having or not, prob is, it would then be already coded (along with the time spent) so if it was decided that it wasn't really all that useful, all time would have been wasted! :-P

I'd be surprised though if it wasn't useful to have for the 3D view...

-Will