>From 76d99df1e507d604adf77137240cc3a168464b20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 08:41:06 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED] Mention UI geolocation and text description >From a suggestion by Guy Harris in: https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2018-October/026949.html * theory.html (Names of timezones): Mention descriptive text and geolocation in selection interfaces. --- theory.html | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/theory.html b/theory.html index 4f2554c..d58afb5 100644 --- a/theory.html +++ b/theory.html @@ -112,7 +112,11 @@ It does not always make sense to talk about a timezone's Each timezone has a unique name. Inexperienced users are not expected to select these names unaided. Distributors should provide documentation and/or a simple selection -interface that explains the names; for one example, see the +interface that explains each name via a map or via descriptive text like +"Ruthenia" instead of the timezone name "Europe/Uzhgorod". +If geolocation information is available, a selection interface can +locate the user on a timezone map or prioritize names that are +geographically close. For an example selection interface, see the tzselect program in the tz code. The Unicode Common Locale Data Repository contains data that may be useful for other selection -- 2.17.1