I rememember going to a talk at the computer history museum given by Apple old-timers Chris Espinosa and Larry Tesler in the early 2000s. One of the things the

I rememember going to a talk at the computer history museum given by Apple old-timers Chris Espinosa and Larry Tesler in the early 2000s. One of the things they talked about was System 6 or System 7, and an example of how it was different from Windows 3 in one of many ways: The system bar—“File”, “View”, etc.—was at the top of the screen, not each window. This consistency made it easy “throw” the cursor to the top of the screen and get to the thing you needed, a consistent experience, no matter what app you were in or what the window layout was. This “consistency of experience” point always stayed with me as such a core principle of good design, whether in computer UIs, quick serve restaurants, or here, I guess, ski map visual style.