For some reason I can't play your video. As far as the white background, go to file preferences and selected "user interface" and under "Canvas Color" choose "Match User Interface brightness". Mine works when I do that. Resizing a shape works for me without going to a transform palette. Select the shape, then hover over the corner edge until your pointer turns to a double-sided arrow icon, then hold shift key and click and drag to resize shape.
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