11 Website Homepages From The 1990's That'll Have You Restarting Dial-up
Carly Tennes
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12/31/2024
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Though today's websites may be defined by minimalist designs, the remaining glimpses of terrible Corporate Memphis art, and a million boxes asking when and how we want big tech to mine our data, and the internet looked a whole lot different in the 1990s. Just take a look at these neon-colored, unapologetically futuristic landing pages of yesteryear.
From the first website in internet history to early iterations of Apple and eBay's home pages, here are 11 landing pages from the 1990s that'll have you restarting your dial-up.
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1. BBC News
Courtesy of The Version MuseumThe early version of the British press staple looks a whole lot more like a video game loading screen than a news site. -
2. The New York Times
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Courtesy of The Version MuseumAll the news that’s fit to print … in old-school HTML. -
3. Space Jam’s Promotional Website
Courtesy of WebflowCome on and slam, and welcome to the [web] jam.” -
4. eBay
Courtesy of StonedStoolie on RedditWe’re sure a whole lot of web designers wanted a bid at fixing the e-commerce site’s original landing page. -
5. Blockbuster
Courtesy of Web Design MuseumA glimpse at Blockbuster’s 1996 landing page may offer some hints as to why it ultimately succumbed to Netflix. -
6. Pepsi
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Courtesy of Web Design MuseumWe’d take a visit to Pepsi’s totally ‘90s “Pepsi World” any day. -
7. Hampster Dance
Courtesy of WebflowThough best known for its musical iteration, Hampster Dance was a ’90s internet staple … and had the graphics to prove it. -
8. Antonio Banderas’s Webpage
Courtesy of Web Design MuseumWe have ‘Zorro’ notes on this spectacularly ‘90s landing page. -
9. The World Wide Web
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Courtesy of Web Design MuseumNot too shabby for the first website in history. -
10. The X Files Official Website
Courtesy of Web Design MuseumWe want to believe … that Fox upped their website game since launching this ‘90s URL. -
11. Apple
Courtesy of Web Design MuseumThis ‘90s site walked so Safari could run.
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BBC News
The early version of the British press staple looks a whole lot more like a video game loading screen than a news site.
The early version of the British press staple looks a whole lot more like a video game loading screen than a news site.
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