A chat box was added.
Dropped items no longer disappear - although they do not appear on the map, they may be found by searching in the tile where they were dropped. Items dropped on a tile containing a stockpile are added to the stockpile.
Kids these days don't now what it was like to wander the wilderness, they didn't have none of this "civilisation" when I were a lad. New players may choose to start in an existing settlement.