And you can do that too
Some folks let us know that they would prefer not to have the messages embedded on the main map but instead thrown to a dedicated window, both for clarity (depending on what is on the map, they can sometimes be difficult to read) and for de-cluttering the map itself.
We obliged:
This ability is offered as a configurable option; those that prefer the traditional method of displaying messages directly on the lower-left part of the map can still use that.
This is of course most useful if a second or third monitor is present, so that the message window gets entirely out of the way and the primary monitor/s can be dedicated entirely to the game map.
And the home-stretch to v1 continues.