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 Attached is a screenshot of Macintosh System 5.0 released in 1987 (36 years ago). It had an interactive world map to let you set the time zone. Later they replaced it with a simple list. The second image is System 7.5 from 1994 (29 years ago). You could type to jump within the list. And not just one character, you could type several characters and it would keep refining the match. 2/2 #ux 15 comments
 @wezm Well the map is a problem because you have to keep updating it because borders change, but yeah good list UX is important for long lists. @alilly True and there was no doubt a reason it was dropped in favour of the list. Timezone definitions also constantly change so it wouldn't be unreasonable to update the map when the TZ database was updated too. @wezm because anything involving maps is a one way ticket to political bullshit and armies of angry nationalist hackers, shills, and professional agitators. @wezm true, but doing it that way requires having and trusting NNTP. I mostly agree tho, I'd just like a search box; I should never have to do more than type "au" and select from a much shorter list. @wezm if you're interested in timezone selection interfaces, you might find my old collection over at http://n.exts.ch/2012/03/timezone_pickers interesting :-)  @wezm A well-designed user interface requires a cohesive team with good taste, yet unfortunately the free software community, and perhaps most development teams, lack both. @wezm I remember that map! It had some easter eggs as I recall, like typing "Middle of Nowhere" worked?  @wezm because linux people are dumb. Also, _we_ aren't regressing at anything because I'm not.
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You can try these yourself at https://infinitemac.org/1987/System%205.0 and https://infinitemac.org/1994/System%207.5