Amazon
Amazon has changed a lot over the years. Starting as a website that sold only books to now one of the most known shopping websites. The usability has definitely changed. The homepage now is a lot cleaner and simpler to use instead of the huge clutter it had. Plus they now offer a lot more the they did previously. One big change
is that they don't have the sidebar with the clutter of ads like it did before.
Web Code
Both of these pages have a lot of code for them but the newer website definitely has more code than the older one. The new code is a lot more neat and spaced out. The old one is just in one big clutter. But most of the code looks pretty similar to the other.
CNN
The CNN website has dramatically changed since the early 2000's. It has found a new modern logo. Also they have changed to a darker color scheme with the black instead of the blue colors. The homepage now has a more noticeable main story or breaking news with the side topics on the side. The old website has multiple ads on it and a lot of links on their main page. The newer website is very clean and structured so it is very easy to use.
Web Code
The code between these websites is extremely different. There is an amazing amount of code for the newer website in comparison to the older one. On the newer websites code there is minimal empty space. One big difference is the amount of links that are in the new one. Almost the entire thing is filled with links.
ESPN
The ESPN website has become a lot easier to use since 2005. They have a list at the top which shows all of the scores. Also it has menus that let you find choose a certain sports team if your looking for your home team. It has actually gotten more ads now than it used too unlike the other websites. They both have the same color scheme with the black red and white. But they have made the ESPN logo look much better than before.
Web Code
Just like the CNN website the newer code is so much bigger than the older one. The newer code has a lot more code for images compared to the older one. Also the newer code has <meta/> on almost every line of code.
Wayback Machine
The wayback machine is a website that archives websites The purpose of the wayback machine is to record the history of the internet and the websites on it. But they don't just archive websites they also archive music, podcasts, software, images, videos, and texts. One thing I found interesting was that in their images they have everything from like movie posters to pictures of art in museums and historical things.
