A bit disappointed with C663

I chose this camera primarily for landscape shots & occasional closeups when backpacking, also as something I could keep in the glovebox of my car, & this model seemed to have the best features.
Maybe I was expecting too much, as I already own a Pentax digital SLR, but here are my opinions:
The instruction book is in English first, then French, then German, so the English index takes a bit of finding when you're in a hurry. I put a rubber band around the unwanted pages.
There are no instructions for the battery charger, other than pictures. What does the flashing green light indicate? I think it flashes faster when the battery is charged, but I am not sure. What is the "Refresh" button for?
The camera has no battery strength indicator. If you've been using the LCD a lot, or flash (intentionally or otherwise - see below) then it runs out long before you expect it to, & without anything to tell you.
The automatic flash seems to operate more often than I would have thought it needed to, & as I don't want it I have to consciously remember to switch it off prior to taking a shot.
One reason I chose this model is it has a viewfinder, but this only shows 85% of the scene, making careful composition tricky. The LCD lights up as soon as you turn the camera on, & it needs two presses of a button to switch this off, which I find rather annoying.
The camera does not deal with contrasty subjects very well, for example in some shots I took in a wood, the highlights were totally burnt out, while in a garden the shadows were near-black.
In light shade, soil and gray gravel came out with a horrible pink/purple hue, & foliage of plants a rather bluish-green. With closeups depth-of-field is quite poor.
Lastly, after a morning in my bumbag (fanny bag, for any North American readers) the camera's LCD was nastilly scratched; it's a shame it is not provided with a protective soft bag.