Let's Go Way Back

Popular Sites: Past and Now

eBay

Before

After

The difference between both the old eBay and the new eBay is striking. There were a lot more links and a lot less pictures. New eBay looks a lot more uniform and doesn't have such a crazy color scheme. The old eBay is super cluttered and in my opinion looks... Not the best. I kind of like the crazy logo better though.

YouTube

Before

After

Another theme I'm noticing with the older websites is that they're not as wide as newer ones. Is this because of the difference in monitor size, or another reason? As well as with eBay, older Youtube looks way more cluttered, and has all its tabs on the top instead of on the sides. The logo isn't much different, but the layout is. There are also some contests, and YouTube doesn't really host any more now.

Before

Twenty One Pilots

I chose the Twenty One Pilots website as my last one because it was cool to see the progression of their website as the year went by and they got more popular. I enjoyed them before the Blurryface album (which was the one that made them famous) and it was pretty different before then. I like the older website better actually, cause I liked their red and blue color scheme and favor it over their red and black one.

After

Codes: Then and Now

eBay

Before

For eBay, the main thing that stands out is the code that spells out eBay in the newer website, which is a cool easter egg from the designers. There was a lot of code for the old eBay, which is understandable because there were many different aspects to the old website. The new one looks much cleaner and is shown in the code.

After

YouTube

Before

YouTube's code is drastically different to what it was. In the current version of YouTube, there is so much code the browser lagged trying to pull it up. That's understandable, because videos and formatting them takes up a lot of space. In the old version, there wasn't so much on the home screen so it was maybe a fourth of the length it is now. 

After

Before

Twenty One Pilots 

On this website, there wasn't much difference with the code. There are more pictures and the code reflects that, but there isn't a drastic difference like with YouTube or eBay. It's still interesting to look at them side by side, though. The length is also very similar, unlike YouTube.

After