Sometimes the trees get in the way of seeing the forest!!
I didn't even think about glancing at the rod end as I was finishing the cut Harry, I guess my attention is focused on the moving chain and falling round out of habit. So then I was trying to lift and hold the saw against the cut end, reference something for the next cut and move sideways at the same time... and the moving-while-referencing didn't work so well trying to hold the bar flush against the cut end. Actually a glance-over anytime during the cut would work.
Still, I have to say, when I was using it right-to-left, on trimmed logs in the open yard it was lightening fast... yes, faster than my saw-rotating method. But it is a method with limitations, there are just times and places where it ain't convenient (such as working in brushy areas and such), and it does add one more piece of equipment to haul (although it carries easily in a back pocket). Like I said, I still have it, and I'll most likely use it again sometime... but not while working in the woodlot.