How did Tim Berners-Lee's World Wide Web change public use of the Internet?

Tim Berners-Lee’s invention of the World Wide Web fundamentally transformed public use of the Internet by shifting it from a specialized tool for researchers into a globally accessible information service.12

Originally designed to help researchers share results and techniques without constant e-mail exchanges, Berners-Lee created a system of hypertext links that allowed users to retrieve information immediately. The public adoption of this system was significantly accelerated by the 1993 release of Mosaic, a browser that introduced a graphical, "point-and-click" interface.132

This innovation simplified the retrieval and display of files, making the Internet intuitive for non-technical users. By standardizing communication between servers and clients through HTTP, the Web enabled the rapid growth of commercial services and mass media access. Consequently, the Web became the primary interface through which the general public interacts with the Internet, evolving from a niche academic network into a ubiquitous platform for global communication and commerce.324