Tracking window never auto updated in 1998-2003 except when mobs on the currently open tracking window despawned/died. There was never a point where mobs were added to the currently open window. You had to refresh the contents of the tracking window by hitting Track. This is the way it currently works.
Having the filter buttons on the UI interface and having the ability to sort the list are two different things. Before we had the filter options on the window itself, we had text-based commands to do the sorting. Not sure when those were implemented without researching though.
I do remember making comments back during classic that having a lower tracking skill was actually more useful because the mobs on your list would be closer to you. This comment would have only made sense if we didn't start out being able to sort by distance.
I looked thru my old screenshots and unfortunately I had no examples of the original tracking window and way too many of wood elf and barb female tits.
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