Why Mac OS X is great: Time Zone Map

The devil is in the details, according to the old saying. And perhaps the same can be said for the greatness of Mac OS X Snow Leopard. For example, the changing appearance of the Time Zone Map in the Date Time system prefs.

This interface detail was pointed out the other day in a post on Mac OS X Hints.  As winter comes on, snow starts working its way down from the pole. Then in as spring comes, parts of the planet move from brown to green.

Reader infodriveway, aka Jonathan Holbert, posted a gallery of the monthly images. Fantastic.