Direct Directions
| Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 | --Sean |
A man should never have to ask for directions. But...if he really has to, it might as well be really simple. Simple we can handle.
Yahoo! Local understands that, hence the nifty in-line prompt asking for your starting location when you click on the "Get Directions" link on any Local result page, which will then lead directly to a map with the route already figured out. It's a significant step up from the previous behavior, which, if I remember correctly, would dump you off on a map of the destination with no context whatsoever, leaving you to sort things out on your own. Sure, a man ought to be able to find his way around a map, but this makes it a whole lot easier. Being manly and being lazy pretty much go hand in hand, anyway.