The History of Everything

In attempting to include everything, this timeline ends up covering woefully little. The History of Everything does cover a broad outline of when a select few major events occurred in the formation of the earth and the evolution of species. From the big bang to the basic steps that take us from single-celled organisms to homo sapiens, the timeline may help kids place important events and get a sense of just how many years ago these things happened. There are kid friendly entries (dinosaurs!) and though the information is text-based, it is written in mostly kid-friendly language. That said, entries are very brief, so kids won't learn much from each event. The choices of historical events for the common era get a little more questionable as the timeline is so sparsely populated. There are certainly some interesting historical figures (Marie Curie, Martin Luther King, Jr.) and events (Moon Landing). But with this is hardly the history of everything. There are also some confusing user experience issues, including menus that don't include all of the events, years that don't seem to match events, and confusing information for scrolling through the timeline. Rather than being developed as an educational or informational tool, The History of Everything was built as an experimental exercise in using a particular method of app development -- and it shows.