[LINK] > If Sir Tim Berners-Lee had his time again he'd probably leave // out.

Marghanita da Cruz marghanita at ramin.com.au
Mon Oct 19 11:06:28 AEDT 2009


> The two forward slashes at the start of URLs are pretty pointless, says the British scientist who is credited with being the architect of the world wide web.
> 
> Typing in // has just resulted in people overusing their index fingers, wasting time and using more paper, he has told a technology meeting in Washington. 


<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8306515.stm>
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