YESTERDAY marked a significant milestone in British technology as the the World Wide Web turned 30 years old.

In 1989, while working at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, Sir Tim Berners-Lee submitted a proposal for information management that went o on to transform the way people communicate and consume information.

Sir Tim invented the World Wide Web because he was frustrated at having to constantly log on to a different computer every time he wanted to access information that wasn’t on his main machine.

But now the internet has grown into something much bigger and Simon Webb, curator of the Swindon Museum of Computing, said it has changed our lives “dramatically”.

“It is now instrumental to the way we live our lives, whether it be online banking, shopping or talking to each other,” said Simon.

“It is just such a vast source for seeking out imformation and has also become a great way for us to share and publish our own ideas and theories – you can upload a blog and people around the world will be able to read it.

“Never before its creation was that possible.”

He added: “Humans like to communicate and the web has opened that up. Whether it be an email, a message in WhatsApp or a post on Facebook, the World Wide Web has provided us with a way to talk to each other instantly.

“The portability of the internet has only increased its usage. It has gone from only being available on a desktop to then laptops, to your own mobile phone and now even your watch.

“I think one of the most interesting aspects of where the internet is going is the fact that you can connect it to everyday objects.

Simon added: “For example, I can control my central heating through my phone.

“I can even now relax when my wife asks me to do the hovering because I have a robot hoover that is controlled through the wifi that does it for me!

He joked: “Although you end up spending as much time watching it to make sure it is doing a good job as you would actually doing it yourself!”

Sir Tim released a statement yesterday to say more had to be done to address problems on the web, such as hacking, clickbait and polarised debate.

Simon said: “Any new tech that we have ever created has good and bad aspects. I do believe the the web is an overall force for good.

“The problem is there is so much momentum behind it now.

“Things like fake news and clickbait are obviously cons of the web but there are things that can be done to help stop hinder that.”

Developers and designers at CERN recently rebuilt the original browser, allowing people to experience the World Wide Web as it was first intended.

Anyone can try the browser out by visiting https://worldwideweb.cern.ch