Interface Help for a Maya User

Hey guys.
I’m coming from Maya and I have 3 quick questions.

  1. is it possible to get the triangle web things between the axis’ of my manipulator (like in maya) to make it easier to I know I can hold shift and the axis I DON’T want to move it in, but it seems a tad counter intuitive to do things that way.
  2. Is there a way to get the tool options to appear next to my cursor when ever I use that tool (eg. get the options for inset faces tool to come up where my cursor was in the viewport). I like being able to dial in precise values so its a bit annoying having to move over to a side menu every time.
  3. Is there a way to retain the history of the operations performed on my mesh, with all their options. I know that there is the undo history, but that doesn’t have any options I can change.

Are there any add-ons that can help me with this?

1 - No
2 - F6
3 - Undo / Redo and Undo History only