Here’s what the Economist’s website looked like:Īnd here’s what Pathfinder’s website looked like. Calling it an “experimental home page” featuring limited articles from the current issue, the Economist’s website cost only $120 to make and was named one of the world’s top ten news sites, beating out Time-Warner’s Pathfinder website, which is said to have cost $120 million to build. The Economist launched an online component to complement their magazine offering in 1994, but the first available screen cap is from 1996. Lastly, we thought it would be neat to look at one of the first online news sites. Top navigation has been swapped out for a more mobile-friendly and contemporary user interface, and the logo is placed subtly beside it. The site is now beginning to get a bit more advanced by offering users two options: a frame-based website they call “decaf,” and a “scrumptious” java offering that promises you’ll never look at the web the same way again.įast forward to today, and MTV’s site is much more visual, consisting almost exclusively of images. I also wanted to show you this screenshot from 1997. Unfortunately much of the images weren’t archived, but you get the general idea from the screenshot below. Once you clicked inside though, the site was not much to look at. Launched in 1993 by VJ Adam Curry, who ran the site unofficially and personally at first, MTV was an early adopter of landing pages. From the navigation to how the box office listings are displayed, everything has been condensed and organized in a simpler way. What was at the top of the Box Office in 2000? The Fast & The Furious.Īnd finally, we get to today. There is more to the website now, including movie/tv news, a category for independent films, and an option to sign up for a newsletter delivering weekly showtimes directly to your email inbox. Users can now purchase DVDs from the website and check movie showtimes by entering their zip code. In the 2000s, the site began to resemble the version we know today, embracing a busier design and more offerings. However, this screen cap taken from 1996 shows a very simple design with several hyperlinks. The company took to the web in 1993, but we were unable to find an image of the site from that early on. IMDB was created by computer programmer Col Needham and launched on October 17, 1990. In honor of the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) But, as you’ll see here, sometimes a simple design is all you need to stand the test of time. What you create is limited only by your imagination,” Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the World Wide Web, said last year.Īnd imagination is key to designing a web product that stands out. You can link to any piece of information. “The web can be made to work with any type of information, on any device, with any software, in any language. These days, a website’s presentation says a lot about the business, product or brand behind the website, which is one of the reasons why designs have become richer and more elaborate. Websites didn’t always hold the cachet they do now. It has become a resource that has reshaped and redefined how we live our lives, interact, conduct business, and store information. Formerly static, the web is now a highly visual medium. To celebrate, we’re taking a trip back in time to visit some of the web’s first sites to see how they’ve evolved since they first his our screens. Yes, the World Wide Web as we know it turns 26 on August 6. A Look Back In Time At Some of The World’s First Websites
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