The forced influence of advertising has given us completely useless TV. You don't want that on the Net. But most on-line information providers need to attract advertising - which slows download times and clutters the screen with windows. Robert Cailliau advertiseattractclutter share on social
Because I'm a synesthete I see characters in colors and I perceive a W as green. Robert Cailliau charactercolorgreen Change image and share on social
If I sign up for Facebook and want my account destroyed, it is impossible. They keep tabs on you; there will always be a trace. Robert Cailliau accountdestroyfacebook Change image and share on social
Since the web is totally worldwide, we need a set of behavioural rules, laws they are commonly called, that are accepted worldwide. There is a big difference as to how things are treated in the U.S. and Europe and Asia. Robert Cailliau acceptasiabehavioural share on social
When we have all data online it will be great for humanity. It is a prerequisite to solving many problems that humankind faces. Robert Cailliau datumfacegreat Change image and share on social
There was a time when the community that was on the Net was homogenous and civilized. Now it's not. We're in the middle of chaos. It may calm down. But the alternative is that there's a total meltdown of the system and that it becomes unusable. That would be a catastrophe. Robert Cailliau alternativecalmcatastrophe share on social
We mustn't forget we chose the name 'WWW' before there was even one line of code written. We could do that because the Internet as an infrastructure was already there. Robert Cailliau choosecodeforget Change image and share on social
To me, the biggest surprise is that Google still functions despite the explosion in the number of sites. Robert Cailliau bigexplosionfunction Change image and share on social
At one point, CERN was toying with patenting the World Wide Web. Robert Cailliau cernpatentpoint Change image and share on social
I'd like the reader to decide if he is willing to pay minute sums for content. I'd like the economics of web to be controlled between authors and readers, not advertiser. Robert Cailliau advertiserauthorcontent Change image and share on social
