i'm using both manipulator input box and channel box , the behaviour is the same with . or ,Are you using the channel box or the manipulator input box? Also, I don't know if language settings affect this, but are you using . or , as a decimal point?
i dont know in what units i'm working on,where can i check that?Well, I made a tube now (example) and tried the extrude with 0.05 , with me it works. I feel the increment in size due to extrusion.
But I use maya unit system as default (1unit=1cm), is this related to your problem,do you use maya default system units?)
I have Maya 2014 SP2.