A Quote by Tim Berners-Lee

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

Tim Berners-Lee

Quote Topics

Business Design About Attractive Care Data Don't Care Easily Get Much Pretty Quickly Sites Ultimately Users Want Web

Quote Author

Tim Berners-Lee
English - Inventor
Born: June 8, 1955

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