Universality has been the key enabler of innovation on the Web and will continue to be so in the future.

The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past.

Computers might not find the solutions to our problems, but they would be able to do the bulk of the legwork required, assist our human minds in intuitively finding ways through the maze.

When you go onto the internet, if you really rummage around randomly then how do you hope to find something of any of value?

The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect - to help people work together - and not as a technical toy.

The most important thing that was new was the idea of URI-or URL, that any piece of information anywhere should have an identifier, which will allow you to get hold of it.

Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design.