Time zone selection is really weird
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu UX |
Invalid
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Medium
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Matthew Paul Thomas | ||
ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The time zone selection in the settings app is really weird:
It asks me to enter my current location which already seems odd.
=> I try Blaustein, no results
=> I try Ulm, which is the closest next bigger city, no results
=> I try Berlin, as that seems to be a known city for time zone settings, suddenly I 12 results for Berlin, each them being a tiny part of the city where I've never heard the name of. Which one should I select? They're all the same in terms of time zone, aren't they?
IMO, the settings app should have a list of predefined timezones like pretty much any other device has, means having entries like
Europe Helsinki
Europe Berlin/
Europe London/Lisbon
etc
The textfield on top should then filter the entries...
In any case, if we want to have the selection based on the user's real location, we need to have a database including *all* cities, perhaps even villages. If not, 1 entry per time zone should be enough.
I for one would prefer the 1 entry per time zone, with their commonly known names.
Changed in ubuntu-ux: | |
assignee: | nobody → Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) |
Changed in ubuntu-ux: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in ubuntu-ux: | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Thanks, what device/ubuntu version do you use? "Ulm" is listed/returns result on bq rtm and on desktop vivid here...
The list of cities used is /usr/share/ libtimezonemap/ ui/cities15000. txt from libtimezonemap, having every city on earth listed would means a load of data, handling the current list is already slow enough...
That seems like something for design to give input on, the current description on https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/TimeAndDate #Phone. 2BAC8-tablet is not detailled, but it's nice to be able to type city names