[potatolicious]

> "It’s hard to orient yourself, at least for me, and that’s when the dance begins (let’s not get into the figure-8 rave that Apple sometimes asks me to do to recalibrate the compass)."

But the suckiness of the compass is also what prevents us from implementing author's feature.

I mean, isn't this whole feature a response to "the compass/blue arrow sucks and is inaccurate, often not working at all, and is laggy and slow to respond even when it works". It would seem that implementing a new UX around it won't really help, since the new "fill up turn bar" would be just as unreliable and error-prone as its blue-arrow predecessor.

[bluetidepro]

That was my exact thought. This is a good idea once the compass doesn't suck as bad, but until then this feature would be just as frustrating because of the high potential for error. It would be no different than the frustration you already face, just in a new design.

[dllthomas]

I am not sure. We may be more sensitive to smaller misalignment looking down at a spinning triangle than out at the world. If I get a "go!" and it is 10 degrees off, I will still be following the correct street in the correct direction.

[cbhl]

The problem is that the compass won't be off by just 10 degrees -- it could be off by 90 or more degrees because of overhead wires or the magnet in your wallet or anything else nearby that happens to have electricity flowing through it.

[dllthomas]

Oh, for sure there are degrees of wrong that would break any reliance on the compass - no question. My point was simply that this approach may have better results sooner.