Auto explore isn't really needed, just turn on Explored or Revealed map in the settings, it really amounts to the same thing.
The minimal definintly would be easier to use if you could click on it to enlarge it, or even hover over an area of it to zoom in. (I personally would like an option to turn the minimap off, I noticed it can cause performance issues.)
Berry bushes would be nice if they could regrow, since not everyone has the room to build tons of farms, especially on some maps. Thalatta's wood idea makes sense in theory, but from my knowledge of bushes, you can't really build anything from them, due to the branches being too small. And, before people begin about balance problems, a tiny change to adding regeneration rates to the berries isn't really going to break the game, and thinking so will eventually make the game static.