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  • I'm definitely going to think twice about using MSN for directions after seeing this...

  • Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
 #21151  by Agent 57
 Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:24 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://mappoint.msn.com/(xtbrlyu3pnbu3a ... t=Miles</a>

I'm definitely going to think twice about using MSN for directions after seeing this...</div>

 #21152  by Flip
 Fri Jan 21, 2005 1:10 pm
<div style='font: 10pt Tahoma; text-align: left; '>yeah, thats funny stuff. What i hate about MQ, Yahoo and MSN directions in my area is that it always wants you to take Route 66 to DC in the morning, but 66 is HOV only around DC. There needs to be an alternate route button.</div>

 #21155  by Kupek
 Fri Jan 21, 2005 4:33 pm
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>There usually is. I've seen options to avoid highways, shortest, fastest and other variations.</div>

 #21158  by Ishamael
 Fri Jan 21, 2005 10:25 pm
<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>Yeah, I've run into similiar issues when I want to avoid certain highways too. For me though the reason to avoid them is because I know certain highways are worse than others. If a map service could put in an option to avoid particular highways, it'd be sweet...</div>

 #21159  by Blotus
 Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:54 am
<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>Sex Cauldron? I thought they shut that place down.</div>

 #21165  by SineSwiper
 Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:10 am
<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>Wow...I've always trusted MapQuest to find some arcane shortcut that somehow shaves 10 minutes from my driving time.</div>