Wow... it's kind of a weird feeling when you have an idea and submit it as a suggestion, only to find out it's already been done for the next release!

For #3 -- Yea, I should have been a little more specific and mention that I was referring to full info display. Honestly, I didn't even know it scrolled in line mode until I drove to the SF Bay Area today and fiddled with it as I was driving.
If this mode already does it, then it shouldn't be to hard to move that routine over to the full info screen as well, right? or am I missing something by not having looked at the code just yet?