Sir Tim Berners-Lee on the Double Slash in the Web Address official

Asked what he would have done differently in creating the Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, says in this video that the double slash, the "//" after the colon in Web addresses, was unnecessary. Berners-Lee was interviewed on stage by New York Times technology reporter Steve Lohr at a technology symposium at the Embassy of Finland in Washington on Thursday.He makes his comments about the // issue at 3:30 in the clip. (He has spoken about the unneeded symbols previously.)