New X-S10 owner help.

Not "juicy" perhaps "dry" was the wrong term... just more explanation behind the settings in plain language with perhaps with a bit of this is what its useful for... or the setting implies this, but this is what it actually does.   The manual just tells you what the setting is.  The quick manual looks to cover it fairly well.  My "dry" was referring to the printed full manual, so thanks for the link.

As for video, nothing wrong with video... but for something that is a reference/list of settings, I would prefer not having to pause and rew/ff to get to each setting. If "chapters" in the video are setup its not so bad as you can jump to specific parts but I just feel this information is better as text and photos of the menu itself as its easier to refer back to, rather than loading and buffering a video...  but thats just me.

As to why XS10 vs. other fuji cams with classic control scheme, mainly the grip and price.  I liked the XS10 I held and it was in the budget, though I knew it would be a slightly different handling but its not massively different.

I can set the pasm dial to M and use the aperture ring on the lens just the same, there is even a blank knob that could be good for shutter speed (though I am not sure if it can actually be mapped to shutter speed and you'd need to rely on the display to see your shutter speed  at a glance. )

It's a not a large difference, but different enough.  Joystick vs DPad...  only thing I am genuinely missing is the rear scroll knob.  And thats where you did your focus peaking.  The XS10 has a front one, but no rear one.

Mind you I am only coming from an XE1 it doesn't have all the same UX as later X cams...