I'm with NSF on this one. It would be poor airmanship to ignore the wealth of information that Airbus is giving you. There is two of you in that cockpit. It takes three pushes of a button to get the info (extended centreline and dead accurate distance to go) right in front of you.
Of course it is completely wrong to fly a visual purely based on the ND, just as it is so easy to descend on the donut. As long as you don't fall into that trap, as long as your primary navigation is based on your situational awarensess of what is happening outside of the aircraft, then get the PNF to push those buttons. Again, as per NSF, why not make maximum use of all the information available.