Example.com Just Launched the Biggest Redesign in Decades

Example.com, a reserved domain name set aside by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for documentation purposes, has just undergone its biggest redesign in decades. The domain has been available for developers and writers since the late nineties, with periodic major overhauls to its visual appearance.

Until September 28, 2026, example.com was a static English-language page, displaying the purpose of the site in multiple languages including Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish. Recently, the site introduced a dynamic multi-language feature using JavaScript, showing the content in a new language every five seconds, accompanied by a gradual opacity transition effect and a gradual character-by-character transition implemented using separate span elements with varying CSS transition delays.

IANA explained the reasoning behind these changes as a desire to reduce overall bandwidth demands and improve the site's utility. The redesign also saw the insertion of an SVG book icon and the removal of the viewable list of domain names, replaced by a single link to IANA's website for more information.