e84 – Apple.com

Apple's online presence has evolved significantly since the days of the early web. From rainbow imagemaps to WebObjects to epic scrolljacking, we tour the technology and content of Apple dot com.

Follow Up

• Easter eggs
  • James Thompson's talk
  • Spitfire discovery…
  • …and caveat
• the final word on ProDOS
• more mods
  • G5 tower desk
  • G5-style Cube
  • optical drive in a Disk II
• Ed's Apple history quiz

apple.com

• Version Museum gallery
• Kevin Fox's screenshot
  • HTML <map> tag
  • flat redesign
• QuickTime 4
• host of Star Wars Episode I trailer
  • history of Apple Trailers
• Apple Online Store
  • WebObjects
    • WOWODC
  • store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore
  • archived iPod nano page
• tabbed design
  • launch at Macworld Expo
  • "Apple Unveils Internet Strategy"
  • Steve Jobs micromanages skeuomorphism
  • the various iTools
  • Michael Darius' iTools gallery
• segmented control tab view redesign

Homepage Takeovers

• George Harrison's death
• Steve Jobs' death
  • Remembering Steve tribute page
• Bill Campbell
• The Beatles on iTunes
• 30th anniversary of the Mac
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Toronto Raptors' NBA championship
• USWNT World Cup championship