looks like the old thread expired a day or two ago

but Yahoo has beta released their answer to Google Maps/Virtual Earth and it's impressive so far - http://maps.yahoo.com/beta/
The interface is very sleek looking, albiet a bit cluttered compared to GMaps, which is to be expected from Yahoo. But some of the functionality and how smoothly you can interact with the interface makes GMaps look primitive (probably just like the new Yahoo/Hotmails will make Gmail look primitive). Multidestination directions are a breeze to create and the mouseover of the map components is very very nice.

They have several features integrated that you have to search for or use a mash-up to see the same in GMaps. You can select from a number of categories to show locations on the map, and it has a very nice integration with Yahoo traffic already. This is of course, a slippery slope - i.e. they have to be very careful not to put so much options that would make it unusable, but it looks/works very nice so far.

Of course, it's mostly based on the MacroMedia Flex Flash platform instead of pure AJAX, so it's bound to look "shinier" and have even better smooth-scrolling features. So whether you like flash or not or think it's "cheating", this is certainly a nice flash application.
more links and commentary here - http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/005616.html

[Edited on November 3, 2005 at 3:57 AM. Reason : .]

11/3/2005 3:49:48 AM

i bet your ass was keeping tabs on that shit too

i bet you wanted to make this thread so bad and you were like man i could bump the old one or just make a new thread if i wait a day





[Edited on November 3, 2005 at 5:00 AM. Reason : .]

11/3/2005 4:59:57 AM

haha, nah. I tried to post in the old thread and was locked out. Just got the news of the YMaps beta overnight.

11/3/2005 7:03:33 AM

now on yahoo if you append the word "trailer" to a movie title, the top results will be direct links to view that movie trailer. I'm not sure if it works for all movies, or if some studios have deals with yahoo, but that's pretty nice to find a trailer instead of searching around on other movie sites.

11/23/2005 4:17:09 PM

You can create customizable "open shortcuts" for yahoo search, which basically give you search shortcuts.
e.g.

Quote :

"To use an Open Shortcut, you type ! (exclamation point) followed by the name of the shortcut in the Yahoo! Search box. For example, type: !ebay lamps. This takes you directly to http://www.ebay.com and searches for lamps."

http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000227.html

12/20/2005 7:45:08 AM

1/4/2006 10:19:33 AM

Yahoo Go - http://go.connect.yahoo.com/go
Standalone Yahoo apps for PC, TV and mobile

http://google.blognewschannel.com/index.php/archives/2006/01/06/yahoo-goes/

1/6/2006 11:57:37 PM

Yahoo has open sourced much of their interface technologies into the "Yahoo! User Interface Library". Youc an download the library and use AJAX-y elements like Yahoo in your own webapps.
http://developer.yahoo.net/yui/index.html
and here's a good list of design patterns for UI elements
http://developer.yahoo.net/ypatterns/index.php

2/14/2006 3:29:51 AM

that's pretty sweet. can't wait to try it.

2/14/2006 10:37:12 AM

I think that the Yahoo! Music Engine owns Napster, and iTunes.

2/14/2006 11:22:56 AM

yahoo is really turning into the OSS developers best friend.
They've added a PHP section to their Developer Center
http://developer.yahoo.net/php/

Zawodny points out some useful pages
http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/006342.html

2/23/2006 4:44:23 AM

screenshot of Yahoo redesign: http://digg.com/design/Screenshot_of_Yahoo_Redesign

direct image link: http://www.prntscrn.net/img.php?img=newyahoo2az.png

3/6/2006 6:54:13 AM

VOIP Yahoo Messenger releases tomorrow
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/21/new-voip-yahoo-messenger-launches-tomorrow/

3/22/2006 3:35:19 AM

http://help.yahoo.com/plus/
digg

yahoo plus cancelled

hell, i didn't even know what it was, but it's cancelled now.

Quote :

"What is Yahoo! Plus? Yahoo! Plus has everything you love about Yahoo! and more. Yahoo! Plus is a combination of security features, broadband extras, email tools, and time-saving conveniences to enhance your Internet experience. Yahoo! Plus features: Solid Security * Pop-Up Blocker * AntiVirus Software * Parental Controls * Firewall Software Yahoo! Mail Plus * Custom tools to defeat spam * "Virtually Unlimited" 2GB mailbox * Email virus scanning and cleaning * 10 sub-accounts for family members (each sub- account receives a 100MB email box) Broadband Extras * Premium video content * Commercial-free radio * Music video archive Time Savers * Personalized home page * 100MB of file storage * Yahoo! by Phone * Integrated instant messenger "

3/24/2006 10:10:18 AM

Yahoo Maps adds satellite coverage for whole world, and hybrid coverage for US.
I guess i kind of forgot that Yahoo didn't have imagry till now since MS and Google have for so long already.
The image detail varies with plenty of conflicting blog posts of "i can see my house better in [name your employer's mapping service]". Looks like some cities have more resolution in Yahoo, and some in Google, and some in MS. But the minimum imagery is much much better in Yahoo than in Google. They have a minimum of 15meters/pixel for the whole world, giving beatiful, fully colored overhead shots of the entire globe, where Google gives you a patchwork of various resolution pictures when zoomed all the way out.

http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000286.html
http://maps.yahoo.com/beta/

4/12/2006 11:58:07 AM

Get in on Yahoo Mail beta

4/24/2006 5:53:47 PM

seems like it lags firefox a bit - but i like the interface

4/24/2006 6:11:01 PM

Yahoo Go announced. Looks to be a Windows Media Center/Frontrow type deal, apparently built on Meedio, with ways to connect to your pda and mobile and stuff.
http://go.connect.yahoo.com/go/home

via
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/25/yahoo-launches-dvr-service-yahoo-go/

4/26/2006 3:03:33 AM

Yahoo! Go was announced months ago

You're late.

4/26/2006 3:04:41 AM

oh yeah..... i posted it myself up on Jan 6.
I thought it sounded familiar.

The TechCrunch article is way behind then... It's dated April 25, but the first sentence says "launched today"

4/26/2006 7:15:04 AM

I don't like the Yahoo! Mail Beta interface... I like the old style. In fact the only new interface for mail that I like is WIndows Live.

4/26/2006 9:40:25 AM

for anyone that still uses yahoo.com or my.yahoo.com or whatever, you've probably noticed the major redesign. Here's a review of new features - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/exclusive_new_y.php

the little Personal Assistant in the top right is pretty slick - it has nice AJAX slide-out boxes to give you quick access to lots of information that can normally be hidden.

5/16/2006 1:43:21 PM

i've been using the Yahoo UI Javascript Libraries, they're pretty slick

5/16/2006 4:23:59 PM

yahoo has thrown its hat in the ring with YouTube and Google Video and updated their video search site to allow uploaded videos
http://video.yahoo.com/

Asa already has a pretty comprehensive review - http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/2006/06/yahoo_video_now.html
I agree with him that this is the most attractive (as far as asthetics) of all the services so far, but it sounds like it's still lacking some functionality.
And this is the first service that combines the user uploaded video search with an internet wide video search, which is what Yahoo Video previously only was.

6/2/2006 9:26:27 AM

New beta version of Yahoo Photos released today - http://photos.yahoo.com

interesting, especially since they own Flickr..... i don't use Flickr (or the old Yahoo photos), so i don't know if this will be a competitor or complentary or what....
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060608-7021.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/07/yahoo-photos-beta-launches-today/

6/8/2006 7:14:43 PM

Yahoo Maps Beta is frickin sweet the way you can add waypoints.

"No I don't think the best way from RTP to NCSU after work is on I-40"

6/8/2006 7:16:34 PM

Yahoo Trip Planner released - http://travel.yahoo.com/trip
looks nice
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060711-7240.html

7/12/2006 11:02:38 AM

Yahoo just released a new version of their Javascript UI packages

Some of it is pretty sweet (especially since they contain updates I did to the code and now I don't have to worry about implementing the updates for every release )

7/12/2006 4:13:36 PM

the new Yahoo Photos has been rolled out to everyone, instead of just beta testers. I never used it before, but the new one looks very nice, and it says it has a no storage limit, so that's sweet. It has a pretty nice interface, except a bit too bubbly and too many ads, but functional and attractive, with of course lots of AJAXy goodness. It has drag and drop support too, to move pictures/albums around and to upload pictures. Unfortunately, all the pictures i tried to add failed on upload, so I couldn't really test it out.
But it has Smart Albums built in, and look like good support for Albums and Tags, instead of attempting to force people to use one or the other (Picasa, iPhoto).
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/

8/21/2006 1:23:46 PM

yahoo mail beta is now out for everyone--

http://google.blognewschannel.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/14/new-yahoo-mail-released/

those tabs are damn sexy, you have to admit - and their ability to put out a 'finished' product that is integrated with their other products deserves credit

and i didn't realize yahoo had so much market share, damn

[Edited on September 14, 2006 at 2:51 AM. Reason : .]

9/14/2006 2:50:33 AM

^^ are you a fucking advertiser for yahoo or what? jesus fucking christ.

9/14/2006 3:05:45 AM

it IS a Yahoo innovations thread...

and if you think that's bad, read his other posts. he's just a bloglines addict

9/14/2006 3:52:50 AM

yeah, what ^ said. I have no affiliation with Yahoo, Google, MS, or Apple - i just like it when companies put out good, innovative products. I think there is healthy competition for internet applications right now, and I think it's good to see Yahoo, Google and MS at each others throats trying to one-up each other.
And these companies put out products and updates at such a fast rate, most people aren't even aware of them (e.g. outside our own little tech/internet fantasy world most of us live in, most people haven't even heard of Google Maps, Yahoo Maps, or MS Live Local (Maps) - they still think mapquest is the only available option). Even if you are aware of the big new products (like Mail, Maps, Desktop searchers), most tech-people still never know about all the incremental updates and small products that don't get any press. I'm just trying to help spread the knowledge.

9/14/2006 9:00:31 AM

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/13/live-and-yahoo-bulk-up-for-local-search-brawl/

finally, a much-needed focus on the maps and local search integration.

9/14/2006 11:50:46 AM

I don't see any change in my yahoo! mail. Are you sure the new mail is out yet?

9/14/2006 11:55:54 AM

i didn't see it in mine either. not that i even use my yahoo address but i wanted to see what it looked like

9/14/2006 12:04:14 PM

well, i don't use yahoo mail (actually, i went to log in and check only to find out the one Yahoo account i do have has a disabled e-mail account)

it seems they haven't integrated it into the regular yahoo mail link yet but the beta is now open to everyone, not limited to those 4 original groups of users.

http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/

9/14/2006 12:19:57 PM

Click on options in Yahoo Mail and there will be a link like "Try out the New and inproved Yahoo! Mail Beta"

9/14/2006 12:47:59 PM

^ not in mine

9/14/2006 12:50:15 PM

i've been using the beta for months tho - it's decent

9/14/2006 3:00:26 PM

I just got my way into the beta. I'll say that it's not ready yet insofar as it isn't integrated into yahoo address book, calendar, etc... Having it open new windows all over the place in annoying.

9/14/2006 4:16:47 PM

http://google.blognewschannel.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/14/yahoo-finanace-adds-high-quality-charts/

Yahoo finance adds high qualityy charts

9/14/2006 5:05:49 PM

i just want to get opinions on yahoo music engine and its service. i have it, and i think the interface is slightly to slow (but in all fariness it just came out like a year ago), it doesn't recognize my burner (well i haven't tried to burn in version 2 yet), and it takes longer than average to start up. but the interface is pretty straightforward, and the service is pretty standard, and cheap, 4.99/month prepaid for a year or 6.99/month paid monthly. does anyone else use this?

9/17/2006 9:05:58 AM

haha i love their new commercial for yahoo e-mail

the kid at the locker "butt toucher" one

it's awesome

10/9/2006 10:47:07 PM

a new version of Yahoo Bookmarks.
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/bookmarks/yahoo-serves-up-new-bookmarking-tools-209970.php
http://beta.bookmarks.yahoo.com/

looks nice. i would expect much tighter integration with del.icio.us, though, since Yahoo owns them.... e.g. to import from delicious you have to export then reimport - you should just be able to provide your username and have them import everything for you

10/25/2006 11:21:48 AM

DO WORK

10/25/2006 11:26:37 AM

WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU FROM THE CONSTANT DIN OF YOUR VOICE IN THE SOAP BOX!
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10/25/2006 11:31:25 AM

the new Yahoo Maps is out of beta - http://maps.yahoo.com/
they have clearly surpassed Google with this version as far as functionality, if not being noticeably slower (b/c it's Flash) and advertising-heavy.

The biggest features missing in Google Maps are "right click to mark", where you can specify a place on the map by right clicking, instead of entering an address, and multiple stop directions (well, Google directions feature pretty much sucks)

11/17/2006 10:45:58 AM

flickr adds RDF-esque feature to API.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/api/discuss/72157594497877875/
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/01/flickr_launches.html
http://blog.programmableweb.com/2007/01/26/flickr-introduces-machine-tags/

1/26/2007 11:44:30 PM

Yahoo Pipes is announced today, and the product site immediately crashed from all the traffic - http://pipes.yahoo.com/

so without the site and any examples, it's hard to get a complete grasp of what it is. But from all the blogs about it, it looks to be a platform for aggregating, filtering, and manipulating data "piped" in from RSS feeds and searches, then re-formatting that data for your own use.

a lot of heady praise for it, so far. for example, from O'Reilly:

Quote :

"Yahoo!'s new Pipes service is a milestone in the history of the internet. It's a service that generalizes the idea of the mashup, providing a drag and drop editor that allows you to connect internet data sources, process them, and redirect the output. Yahoo! describes it as "an interactive feed aggregator and manipulator" that allows you to "create feeds that are more powerful, useful and relevant." While it's still a bit rough around the edges, it has enormous promise in turning the web into a programmable environment for everyone."

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070208-8797.html
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/02/pipes_and_filte.html
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/02/yahoo_pipes_dec.html
http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/008513.html
http://www.gadgetopia.com/post/5769
http://ajaxian.com/archives/yahoo-pipes-ajax-mashup-builder

2/8/2007 3:30:52 PM