Version Museum
versionmuseum.com
A visual archive of how popular websites, software, and operating systems looked across every major version — screenshots of Google, Facebook, Windows, iOS, and hundreds of other products from launch to present.
Why it is useful
The most comprehensive visual history of software and web design evolution available in one place. Seeing how Google's homepage changed from 1998 to 2024, or how iOS evolved from version 1 to 17, gives concrete reference points for design and technology history that are hard to find compiled elsewhere. Useful for designers studying trends, historians, and anyone curious about how quickly interfaces change.
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