The homepages
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- adobe.com – 2016Nov 1, 2016
adobe.com in November 2016: hanging light bulbs in a dark room and “Watch Adobe MAX live.”; the footer is only partly styled in this replay.
- aol.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
AOL in June 2016: a dark panel above the left menu with the logo, the date and “Set your Location”.
- apple.com – 2016Jun 2, 2016
Tiles: iPad Pro, iPhone, Apple TV.
- bbc.co.uk – 2016Jun 16, 2016
“Welcome to BBC.com” at bbc.co.uk in June 2016: a grid of photo tiles above a News row.
- bestbuy.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Best Buy in June 2016: “HOTTEST DEALS FOR DAD” on blue and a price match guarantee.
- blizzard.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
A World of Warcraft: Legion hero on Blizzard's homepage, with news headed “Overwatch Hits 7 Million Players”.
- disney.com – 2016Oct 16, 2016
disney.com in October 2016: a wide Rogue One “Brand New Trailer” banner above a grid of films and characters.
- gamefaqs.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
GameFAQs homepage: illustrated GameSpot headlines lead the page above ranked games, with the daily poll in the right column.
- gamespot.com – 2016Jun 15, 2016
GameSpot's 2016 homepage: An E3 news mosaic pairs large lead images with conference links and smaller story cards.
- hotmail.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
A plain Microsoft account sign-in, “Use your Microsoft account.”, with no Hotmail on screen.
- imdb.com – 2016Apr 1, 2016
The same trailer row now includes Doom, Top Gear and The Lego Batman Movie.
- lego.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
LEGO.com in June 2016: a Mighty Micros racing scene above What’s New and recommendation rows.
- lycos.com – 2016Jun 1, 2016
Lycos in June 2016: “Enables Excitement.” and a slide reading “Coming Soon. A new lycos.com”.
- microsoft.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
“Surface Pro 4 does more. Just like you.”
- msn.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
MSN.com in June 2016: the Services Stripe with Store and Rewards, photo tiles and San Francisco weather.
- nintendo.com – 2016Jun 15, 2016
Nintendo’s homepage in June 2016: Nintendo Treehouse Live @ E3, “See the new Legend of Zelda game”.
- nokia.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Nokia's homepage in June 2016: “It's official. Withings joins the Nokia family” and “Nokia brand to return to the mobile market”.
- nytimes.com – 2016Jun 15, 2016
NYTimes.com in June 2016: the masthead image failed to load in the archive; the Crossword box sits on the right.
- spacejam.com – 2016Jun 29, 2016
The Space Jam DVD page at warnerbros.com/archive/spacejam/, centered on a wide black page.
- theguardian.com – 2016Mar 1, 2016
theguardian.com in March 2016: the blue masthead above refugee-crisis news; the lead image area is blank grey in this capture.
- walmart.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Walmart.com in June 2016: a rotating-banner slide, “Newly featured patio sets”, above a row of featured computers.
- yahoo.com – 2016Oct 1, 2016
Yahoo in October 2016: more white space, a blue search button and a Yahoo Mail ad, “Faster, beautiful and intuitive.”
- ea.com – 2016Jan 1, 2016
EA's homepage on New Year's Day 2016: an Origin holiday sale, up to 60% off.
- ebay.com – 2016Jun 15, 2016
eBay in June 2016: “SELL TO GET WHAT YOU LOVE”, a Father's Day tie and featured collections.
- nick.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Nick.com in June 2016: The Thundermans and “FULL EPISODES” on the orange canvas; a gray strip marks a hidden legal notice.
- amazon.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
The dark header.
- ask.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Ask.com in June 2016: the logo, one search box and a grey band of 20 topic links.
- cartoonnetwork.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Cartoon Network’s June 2016 homepage: the GAMES section led by Gumball in Battle Bowlers.
- craigslist.org – 2016May 31, 2016
Craigslist’s SF bay area page in May 2016: the event calendar now starts its week on Monday.
- espn.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
ESPN.com in June 2016: “Watch live: Part 3 of O.J.: Made in America”; video areas render as gray boxes.
- expedia.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Expedia's dark search panel on a night photo, with a “Search Anything” tab and “Save up to $570”.
- google.com – 2016Apr 12, 2016
Google in April 2016: the sans-serif logo introduced in September 2015, with flat grey buttons.
- icq.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
ICQ.com’s Windows page in June 2016: “New ICQ for Windows” and high-quality video calls.
- ign.com – 2016Oct 1, 2016
IGN in October 2016: Doctor Strange leads the carousel, with an All New VR Hub banner below.
- ikea.com – 2016May 31, 2016
IKEA’s US homepage in May 2016: “A STUDY IN STYLE” on top and a big “Secure it!” panel further down.
- newgrounds.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Newgrounds in June 2016: character art around large movie and game thumbnails and the news column.
- nike.com – 2016Aug 3, 2016
Nike's homepage: “Get the new Nike+ app”, with CUSTOMIZE in the top bar.
- playstation.com – 2016Jun 15, 2016
US PlayStation homepage, June 2016: a blue PlayStation E3 2016 banner above the PS4 section.
- pokemon.com – 2016Jun 14, 2016
Pokémon.com in June 2016: a menu starting with Home and Pokédex, and Sun and Moon Pokémon in the first tile.
- winamp.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Winamp homepage in 2016: the grayscale llama and coming-soon message remain visible above the orange PC and Mac download section.
- blogger.com – 2016Oct 8, 2016
Blogger’s red cooking-themed hero says “Publish your passions, your way”; the archived header wordmark is missing.
- napster.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Napster’s coming-soon page puts a white headphone cat over a black background and a trial button.
- netflix.com – 2016Jul 8, 2016
“See what's next.” over a tilted wall of posters.
- paypal.com – 2016Oct 20, 2016
PayPal in October 2016: a white page, a How PayPal Works button and a line drawing under “Join 188+ million people who use PayPal”.
- cnn.com – 2016Nov 9, 2016
Obama’s legacy nightmare stretches across the page above a wide photograph and result box.
- deviantart.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
DeviantArt’s homepage in June 2016: Undiscovered artwork, Best of the Week and Daily Deviations
- runescape.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
RuneScape's panorama homepage, still “Join the world's largest free MMORPG game*”.
- miniclip.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Miniclip’s 2016 homepage: a colorful takeover around the white portal, with Super Soccer Noggins in the feature box.
- wikipedia.org – 2016Aug 1, 2016
Wikipedia on August 1, 2016: a new search box with a blue button, ten bare counts, and the old rows of languages still below.
- xbox.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Xbox.com in June 2016 under Microsoft’s own menu bar: the white Xbox One S, then a separate $279 offer.
- addictinggames.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
AddictingGames.com in June 2016: rows headed Most Addicting Games, Games on the Go! and New Games, with App Store buttons.
- steampowered.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Steam’s homepage in June 2016: the HTC Vive headset beside a Resident Evil franchise sale.
- last.fm – 2016Jan 1, 2016
Last.fm switches to a dark waveform and artist bubbles; the all-time counter is unpopulated and private listener cards are blurred.
- myspace.com – 2016Feb 1, 2016
Myspace in February 2016: Lily James in “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” on the magazine cover.
- skype.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Skype homepage: group video on mobile and tablet, and “Invite anyone to a call”.
- tesla.com – 2016Dec 1, 2016
The first tesla.com homepage capture here: “Full Self-Driving Hardware on All Cars” over a Model S at sunset.
- digg.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Digg in June 2016: a “Chat with us on Messenger” strip and a menu of Home, Video, Editions and Store.
- facebook.com – 2016Mar 1, 2016
Facebook in March 2016: the flat sign-up page, now pointing to “Facebook Search”.
- orkut.com – 2016Jun 22, 2016
Orkut's 2016 landing redirects to hello.com/orkut, showing the founder's letter on lavender.
- clubpenguin.com – 2016Jun 15, 2016
Club Penguin’s homepage in June 2016: the same welcome picture with PLAY NOW! and an Unlock Items button beside it.
- etsy.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Etsy's redesign: “Whoever you are, find whatever you're into” and a search box.
- huffpost.com – 2016Aug 13, 2016
The Huffington Post in 2016: a white masthead on a dark green bar, “INFORM • INSPIRE • ENTERTAIN • EMPOWER”, and one row of sections.
- linkedin.com – 2016Nov 1, 2016
LinkedIn in 2016: a dark wall of faces behind “Be great at what you do”, with an orange cookie notice across the top.
- reddit.com – 2016Feb 29, 2016
Reddit in February 2016: the newsletter bar, “Want to join? Log in or sign up in seconds.” and r/StardewValley trending.
- roblox.com – 2016Jun 15, 2016
Roblox’s homepage in June 2016: the same roller coaster with “Powering Imagination” under the wordmark and the sign-up form.
- wordpress.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
WordPress.com: “Create your new website today” leads the concert-photo hero, with links to create a website, start a blog, and discover posts.
- youtube.com – 2016Jun 15, 2016
“Popular Right Now”, a feedback question and YouTube Red in the guide; the Britain’s Got Talent shelf retains a grey thumbnail row.
- kongregate.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Kongregate's 2016 homepage: the Kongregate Game Jam winners banner leads the six-tile Hot New Games grid.
- twitter.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Twitter in June 2016: Moments picture stories and Featured Tweets under a row of tabs, beside a blue sign-up card.
- zillow.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Zillow.com in June 2016: “Find your way home” with Buy, Rent, Sell and Zestimate tabs, above rows of San Francisco open houses.
- airbnb.com – 2016Jun 2, 2016
“LIVE THERE”, 191+ countries and a Play Video button.
- dropbox.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Dropbox.com in June 2016: the same drawing, “Dropbox works the way you do” and “Sign up free with Google”.
- tumblr.com – 2016Feb 1, 2016
Tumblr in February 2016: a blurred photo behind the sign-up box, App Store and Google Play badges, and no counter.
- github.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
GitHub in June 2016: “How people build software” over a photo of an Octocat figure, and “Introducing unlimited private repositories”.
- hulu.com – 2016Jul 27, 2016
hulu.com/welcome in July 2016: “Hello, welcome to great TV.”, plans “Starting at $7.99/month” and a Start Your Free Trial button.
- stackoverflow.com – 2016Jun 16, 2016
Stack Overflow in June 2016: “a community of 4.7 million programmers” and a flat orange logo.
- bing.com – 2016Jun 15, 2016
Bing in June 2016: the capital-B Bing wordmark and a teal search button over Gare do Oriente in Lisbon.
- minecraft.net – 2016Nov 2, 2016
minecraft.net in November 2016: a white page, an illustrated game world and a green panel, “Buy Minecraft”, “Available for basically any device”.
- soundcloud.com – 2016Apr 1, 2016
SoundCloud’s homepage on April 1, 2016: “Find the music you love.” over a search box, with trending charts and Get the app below.
- instagram.com – 2016Jun 15, 2016
Instagram.com in June 2016: a white page with a sign-up form, “Sign up to see photos and videos from your friends.”, beside two phones.
- pinterest.com – 2016Jun 1, 2016
“He used Pinterest to start his rooftop oasis”: 50+ billion ideas, and only the red P badge.
- twitch.tv – 2016Feb 1, 2016
Twitch.tv in February 2016: an offline GSL player still announcing “2015 Global StarCraft II Season 2 started!”
- discord.com – 2016Nov 22, 2016
Discord's Blurple illustrated homepage: devices, coins and a question-mark block under “It’s time to ditch Skype and TeamSpeak.”
- openai.com – 2016Jun 17, 2016
OpenAI’s homepage in June 2016 redirects to the lab’s first research post, “Generative Models”, labeled Research #1.
One capture per site from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, checked by eye. What a capture shows is what the archive kept that day: some images and scripts are missing.
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