When looking at a far away inserter in map view, with Remote Configuration I can use the Bob's GUI to adjust the inserter, but this inifinitely more awesome option won't let me touch them until I get close.

Ah, interesting. I kind of assumed the mod would just increase the reach while in map view, but it makes sense that it doesn't. It has its own "can reach" logic. I've asked for the can_reach_entity function that its using to be exposed (see here if you're curious) that way there'd be no discrepencies between the 2 mods.
Regardless of what happens with that request though, there will be support for Remote Configuration in 1.1.4. Thank you for pointing it out :D