1. pens/colors for bubble help: Yes, use MorphOS. MUI 3.9-PPC allows for one to adjust the pens/background for bubble help.
2. This, I think, is depending on the type of cyclemenu a MUI program uses. Then again, this could also be a feature of MUI PPC.
3. Yes, in a matter of only a few months, I have forgotten the differences to MUI 3.8. :-/ I would crank up Amithlon to double check my answers, but the PC is being a Linux box stuck on a massive download right now.