Homepage history: Apple.com

Apple has significantly influenced modern design through its hardware, software, and marketing, with its website design evolution reflecting key moments in its history. In the late 1990s, during Steve Jobs' return, Apple transitioned from a busy and cluttered homepage to a more focused and simplistic design, highlighting products like the Power Mac. The early 2000s brought changes such as tabbed navigation, which impacted web design broadly, and the iPod launch emphasized a cohesive design system across Apple’s platforms. By the mid-2000s, the company no longer needed media headlines to showcase its products, having already cemented its design and technological presence. The introduction of the iPhone in 2007 marked a dramatic design shift, with a dark homepage background emphasizing the device, and the era also saw a move towards skeuomorphic design, which used realistic-looking icons to enhance user interface experiences.