I checked out Yahoo! Maps Beta earlier and was pleased with its implementation. I was not able to figure out how to find a place on the map in the first go! I kept searching in “Find in Map” area, and kept getting business listing. Was confused how to find a location. The “Get Map and Directions” is the right place to search for this. But I believe it would have been better if this was easier!
The experience of mapping, navigation and directions is very nice. The speed is good and the graphic quality is excellent. The most interesting part for me was that they are using Flash for the entire interface! Another great Rich internet application!
PS: I wish we have something like this for India soon 😉
PS2: I also got the sneak preview of the Yahoo Mail Beta – and it looks very promising! It’s done in AJAX (and not Flash), but is very responsive, the usability is excellent and I can say it will take away a share of the pie from Gmail! AJAXian has done a good review of it.