Comments on: What are some examples of "classic" webiste design?

Question: What are some examples of "classic" webiste design?

SouthCNorthNY — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:56:15 -0800

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

By: originalname37

originalname37 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:59:54 -0800

NYT hasn't changed much.

By: fx3000

fx3000 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:15:13 -0800

This very site has not changed much...metafilter.com / ask.metafilter.com

By: ALongDecember

ALongDecember — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:20:17 -0800

Slashdot has been pretty similar for 10 years.

By: whtthehecker

whtthehecker — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:45:43 -0800

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.

By: spilon

spilon — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:53:02 -0800

Drudge Report?

By: kampken

kampken — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:49:43 -0800

http://www.imdb.com/

It's been the same design for as long as i can remember..and it's perfect!

By: imjustsaying

imjustsaying — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:57:11 -0800

http://www.craigslist.org

By: AmbroseChapel

AmbroseChapel — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:53:47 -0800

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.

By: cda

cda — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:56:33 -0800

istockphoto.com

By: Rhaomi

Rhaomi — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:15:46 -0800

To supplement fx3000's answer, here's a (quasi-hidden) page detailing the early days of Metafilter's page design, pre-launch.

By: the christopher hundreds

the christopher hundreds — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:57:55 -0800

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.

By: mjg123

mjg123 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:44:04 -0800

news.bbc.co.uk

By: ALongDecember

ALongDecember — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:01:48 -0800

Wow, two things.

1. Excite.com still exists
2. And it has changed little since 1999

By: ALongDecember

ALongDecember — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:04:02 -0800

Oh, one more. The Smoking Gun looks EXACTLY as it did in 1997. Well, now it has an ad.