Interface questions

Whenever I enter observe mode, I notice that the camera zooms out much farther than it does during regular gameplay. I've always thought that'd be pretty helpful in-game, as I could get a better view of the field and wouldn't need to deal with constantly fiddling with the camera. Is there any way of accomplishing this?

Also, while monking, I find it quite annoying to try and match the guy on the field to the bar on the party menu. That's probably a bad way of putting it and won't make sense to anybody, but to cut to the point, is there a way to make the little health bars on your allies that pops up when you drag your mouse on them permanent or bigger? It'd make my life easier to a certain degree if I could have all of party members have those little health bars above their heads at all times. As of now, I have to drag my mouse over to see it and even when I do, I need to fetch my magnifying glasses to make it out at all. No, not really.

I understood exactly what you meant about matching the bars to the players.
I find it a problem in RA until I've won a few matches and I get to know my team a little more.
You can generally guess who is who after a while just by where they are on the radar =P

As for your question about the camera, I have no idea
...but I'd probably guess that there's no way to zoom out that far =\

One alternative is setting up hot keys for party members in the party via the interface. I am almost positive; without being in game to check, that you can associate a hot key to the party members in the party thru the interface....it is an alternative if it hasn't been done....

Yeah, you can set "Party Member x" a hotkey, and use that to select.