What are some examples of "classic" webiste design?

June 1, 2009 9:56 AM

What are some examples of "classic" webiste design?

I'm looking for examples of layouts that haven't changed much over the years (because they were good, not because they were lazy.) I'm looking for things like google.com, not timecube.com

posted by SouthCNorthNY to computers & internet (14 comments total)

NYT hasn't changed much.
posted by originalname37 at 9:59 AM on June 1 [1 favorite has favorites]

This very site has not changed much...metafilter.com / ask.metafilter.com
posted by fx3000 at 10:15 AM on June 1 [1 favorite has favorites]

Slashdot has been pretty similar for 10 years.
posted by ALongDecember at 10:20 AM on June 1

Although it has changed somewhat aesthetically Amazon has always kept its structural feel.

Ever since I've been working in eCommerce front-end design/development (6 years) they have always been the shopping site to get inspiration from first when thinking of new features/layout.
posted by whtthehecker at 11:45 AM on June 1

Drudge Report?
posted by spilon at 11:53 AM on June 1

http://www.imdb.com/

It's been the same design for as long as i can remember..and it's perfect!
posted by kampken at 3:49 PM on June 1

http://www.craigslist.org
posted by imjustsaying at 3:57 PM on June 1

Interesting to note that both the NYT and Slashdot have changed hugely under the hood in the last couple of years. The layout may not have changed much, but the underlying code has been revised a great deal, in favour of accessibility/efficiency/standards.
posted by AmbroseChapel at 4:53 PM on June 1

istockphoto.com
posted by cda at 6:56 PM on June 1

To supplement fx3000's answer, here's a (quasi-hidden) page detailing the early days of Metafilter's page design, pre-launch.
posted by Rhaomi at 7:15 PM on June 1 [1 favorite has favorites]

This is a 37 Signals article that made the rounds last year about how the Drudge Report is one of the best designed sites on the web.
posted by the christopher hundreds at 9:57 PM on June 1

news.bbc.co.uk
posted by mjg123 at 4:44 PM on June 2

Wow, two things.

1. Excite.com still exists
2. And it has changed little since 1999
posted by ALongDecember at 4:01 PM on June 4

Oh, one more. The Smoking Gun looks EXACTLY as it did in 1997. Well, now it has an ad.
posted by ALongDecember at 8:04 AM on June 30