I agree with you about the crossfeed. I rarely use it on mine, but when I need it I'm glad it's there.
As to the small design of the amp, have a look at the circuit board photos if they still have them up on the new site. It looks like it was all they could do to fit four switches, a volume pot (and knob!) and 1/8" adapter on the front. I'd think a 1/4" socket would either A) make the amp much bigger or B) cause many of the switches to be moved, and there certainly isn't any room on the back of the unit to move them to.
As to the small screen printing... well, the best thing to do is memorize what each switch does. Like, three from the left=gain and so on. 
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