MapQuest

I used to rely on mapquest a lot for planning travel. But now, the ad pop-ups are so distracting and annoying I'm likely going to delete it. It's also far less user friendly than it used to be. Very disappointing. Sold out to advertisers.

Mapquest used to be good. You could put in an address and it would show you the place and the surrounding area and you could find what you want.
Now It shows you the state or country and you have to navigate to where you want.
Also, the sidebars are no longer useful.
Has anyone a GOOD map to recommend?

There were so many ads on the MapQuest site, I could not use it to get directions. I am deleting this shortcut, and will never use it again!

I loved Mapquest back in the day when you could go and actually find directions from point A to point B... now you have to wade through tons of unrelated crap to get where you're going. I'm switching to Google... this has just gotten WAY TO COMPLICATED to find anything.

I used to love this site. I would go on my laptop ahead of time to see where I needed to drive to get to a destination. Now there is literally a 2 inch strip of web page to get directions. Get rid of the services on the top of the page - don't care about motels, restaurants, etc - just need to map directions.

Map Quest use to be very user friendly. Today it's nothing but annoying pop up ads. Go back to the older version.

I used map-quest for years. However I have stopped since the new version came out. It's not as easy to use and printing a copy is lousy. Overall just sucks

Tried it after google maps lowered its contrast and was hard to see the streets.
I live in Zagreb, and mapquest simply does not work well there. It does not recognize streets that have been there for more than 50 years, etc...

Anyways, must look for something else.

It's next to impossible to create and save a map to your account. You can create a trip, but there is no button to just save it as a new map. If you start a new map from scratch, there is no way to go through the directions steps to create it.

Why can't you simply put an address or location in the box, hit enter, and see a freaking map. Isn't that what the site is supposed to do? Why are there 3 layers between entry point and actually seeing a map. UX is poor. The added 'features' are there to simply support advertising/revenue. Bad trade off if you lose users forever.

I stopped using mapquest a couple years ago. I had bad experiences where the directions were wrong. I don't know if it has gotten better since then.

Now it is time to fix it.

I gave up on Mapquest a long time ago. The initial portion of the written directions were fine, but it seemed every time I used it, the last or next to last directions were exactly the opposite of what should be done.

A business owner friend said that she can pay Mapquest and they will give people directions that go past her business rather than directions in the most direct way to get to a destination. This certainly explains why Mapquest directions are TERRIBLE. Look up directions to a place in your city and see if they give directions the way you would go: Likely not!
And there is no option to customize a map to print. Even if I use the cursor to enlarge an area, when I go to print it gives the whole map, not just the area I want.
I dislike the new Mapquest intensely. I used to like and frequently use the old Mapquest, but the new version is focused on business (and business advertising), not focused on user preferences.