After your original request most buttons have been made bigger, but as I understand they are still too small for your liking. We haven’t “rejected” any idea and we are continuously adapting to feedback, and your feedback is noted.
Regarding the X buttons - in most cases you don’t need to actually press the X, you can also toggle the view by pressing the icon that opened the view. For example, the map filters can also be closed by pressing the filters button (which is slightly bigger) again. Just for your information, in case you didn’t know.