How to eliminate the haze and bring back the old look:
Firefox:
1>Add the extension "Ad block plus",handy to stop spam on the net anyways,you can get it here :
link
2>Install it and restart Firefox and log in TheWest .
3>Do CTR+Shift+V wait a few seconds for console to load
4>Under the blockable items type in "haze" in the search box
5>double click "http://en12.the-west.net/images/map/haze.png" ,en12 might be something else for your world.
6>click the 1st box below "the pattern can be any part of the adress",the box that has :
en12.the-west.net/images/map/haze.png (again en12 might be something else for you)
7>press "add filter" at the bottom right.
8>Close the ad block console,and hit F5 ,Voila no more haze.
Chrome should have similar extensions.If you want the haze back just delete your filter .
This is not optimum I think it would be a better solution if in the future we get a filter integrated with the UI,under map setting with a check mark for haze.