A modal, through the years
One small question, asked by computers for forty years. Hover the timeline to see how the box around it changed. Then press Eat it.
Eat the last cookie? Someone might have been saving it.
Are you sure you want to eat the last cookie?
Eat the last cookie?
Someone might have been saving it.
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Eat the last cookie?
Someone might have been saving it.
Eat the last cookie?
Someone might have been saving it.
Eat the last cookie?
Someone might have been saving it.
Eat the last cookie?
Someone might have been saving it.
Eat the last cookie?
Someone might have been saving it.
- 1984
- 1995
- 2001
- 2005
- 2007
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2025
- Now
1984 · MacintoshBlack and white, a double outline, and a heavy ring around the button you're most likely to press.
How it's made
Every drawing is plain HTML and CSS on this page: no screenshots, no images, no borrowed fonts. They're our impressions of each era, not pixel copies. Arrow keys move along the timeline too.