I don't believe the <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" />Ö Minimap was perfect, like you said.
There was once thing I greatly missed due to the gread distances in the game : Pointing to a point where the char would go / travel to ...
(Which would leave my handwrist a little bit more relaxed ... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> )