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Post by AlanOfTheBerg
CBenson wrote:There are rumors that waze has addressed this in the current beta. But I haven't seen it yet.
They claim to have, and I've seen it, but haven't gotten to testing it specifically. I've found too many other bugs.

Implementation is poor, IMO, as they added a new Setting, instead of using the existing on-screen button. I don't understand that and have made my disappointment known to the developers. The way they did it is illogical.
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Post by AlanOfTheBerg
dmcconachie wrote:Preferably a tri-state toggle [Off, Temporary, On].
Unsure of the definition of "temporary." Not sure trinary is a great idea.... Ambiguous.
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Post by AlanOfTheBerg
dmcconachie wrote:Ambiguous? Not if it's displayed properly.
Single tap to orientate north up for say 5 seconds, display a clock over the compass. Double tap to fix north up, display a padlock over the compass.
That UI would make it unambiguous. 8-)
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Post by AlanOfTheBerg
North-up lock appears to be working as expected in the latest beta version. I've done a few trips with it and I think you'll like the new ability. (I dislike the UI of having the control in Settings though.)
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Post by alonsotorres
Please, please, please... have a way to LOCK the North Up view.
I know you can tap the arrow to have the map rotate to north, but this setting get lost soooo easy, any touch to the screen and it gets back to normal setting.
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Post by bgodette
AlanisOfTheBerg wrote: I'm pretty sure, but could be wrong, that the current 2.4 version has Weather as an option under Hazard reporting. I know for certain that the beta 2.9 does and has Weather options currently for Forg, Hail, Heavy Rain, Heavy Snow. Looks like "ice" would be a good addition.
But does the weather still only fall on one side of the road?
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Post by CBenson
What device are you using? If you press the arrowlike button under the zoom out button shown here it should toggle between north up and course up.
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Post by CBenson
There are rumors that waze has addressed this in the current beta. But I haven't seen it yet.
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Post by Dash-2
I agree, it would be nice to have the option of North up or direction-of-travel. They're both useful in certain situations but most people are accustom to one or the other.
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Post by djlsf
I know I'm late to this discussion, but I wanted to agree.

When I get in the car, I need immediate information on which way to get to the Bay Bridge. Waze starts spinning the map in such a way that I can't get the information. I close the app and open Google Maps, even though the Waze information may be more relevant.

Please do something about this.

Thank you.
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