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teuobk · 2010-01-12 18:56:39

That looks surprisingly consistent to my eye.

Any data on how other similar sites (e.g., reddit) have changed?

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Swizec | karma 21302 | avg karma 3.64 · | 2012-04-22 22:57:16+00:00

Amazon looks essentially the same. In fact, about a year or two ago it looked almost exactly the same.

This feels interesting. I wonder why that is ...

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OGC | karma 195 | avg karma 1.17 · | 2013-05-02 16:17:46+00:00

It's quite similar to * a lot * of other sites.

warrenm | karma 3248 | avg karma 1.2 · | 2023-04-11 07:16:06

for me just now ... 'www' and 'new' are apparently identical

ad neither seems notably different from how it's looked for years

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aston | karma 6570 | avg karma 4.21 · | 2007-09-04 18:11:47+00:00

The design of that site is shockingly similar to this one...

elromulous | karma 1720 | avg karma 4.04 · | 2022-09-25 19:43:56

Exactly. The website being unchanged is definitely a feature.

jvanderbot | karma 13042 | avg karma 3.94 · | 2021-03-23 03:07:34+00:00

I wonder if I copied this website style at some point. Mines identical.

icantthinkofone | karma -13 | avg karma -0.03 · | 2014-07-31 13:36:20+00:00

My only complaint is that these sites all look the same.

PavlikPaja | karma 54 | avg karma 0.39 · | 2018-09-04 11:45:05+00:00

It's the same site.

luney | karma 49 | avg karma 1.63 · | 2013-01-11 02:56:31

With only a few exceptions. It's the same site.

The one site that stood out the most is excite.com

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misterbwong | karma 2079 | avg karma 3.32 · | 2011-02-15 18:58:01+00:00

It's interesting to see that amazon's current site still looks similar to its launch version.

tommasoamici | karma 229 | avg karma 14.31 · | 2022-01-24 13:50:43

I agree, however they did also run an experiment manipulating the same site (keeping design and layout equal and changing contrast levels). You can see two screenshots on page 616

milsorgen | karma 344 | avg karma 1.28 · | 2013-11-16 16:11:52

I wouldn't say it's completely different. It certainly is positioned in a completely different way but one can still log in and view their old pages and content.

exogen | karma 3246 | avg karma 6.58 · | 2016-10-04 06:32:02

In fact design-wise, the React-powered site is identical to the previous one.

accrual | karma 2498 | avg karma 2.86 · | 2024-01-13 19:03:39

I'm impressed there's still some things in common between 2002 Amazon and 2024 Amazon. Obviously the whole structure of the site has changed, but the colors still seem relatively similar, as does the sort of "cluttered but still organized" look.

epolanski | karma 7020 | avg karma 3.01 · | 2023-04-11 17:10:34

Strikingly similar, but so are most websites anyway.

endemic | karma 840 | avg karma 1.94 · | 2017-07-11 15:50:24+00:00

The layout in the screenshot looks pretty similar to what's already there... just the header branding and a few fonts are different.

Comparison: http://imgur.com/a/81cYg

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herval | karma 3076 | avg karma 2.32 · | 2015-09-03 10:48:13

Ironically, the vast majority of the sites look exactly the same (just like mobile and desktop apps - although these tend to have visual guidelines to stick to)...

goldfeld | karma 1685 | avg karma 1.81 · | 2013-02-12 14:06:33+00:00

Quite similar to changemakrs.com in layout and intention. I like it.

pdimitar | karma 9735 | avg karma 1.68 · | 2019-06-25 22:13:11+00:00

Well, it seems we are on exactly the same page, just living in slightly different filter bubbles.

To V's author credit, he went ahead and updated the website. Let's see if the thing gets traction in the future. It has quite ambitious goals and I remain cautiously skeptical.

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