“The time dimension, if we may call it that, is left to take care of itself,” wrote design method guru John Chris Jones. For instance, when the user goes for lunch and leaves the interactions article she is writing behind in Word, was it actively decided that the time “in” Word should stop? Or, that if she later needs to open an older version of the document, time must back up and restart? What if, we asked, time “in” a program really does pass? How would this affect use? And design?