Please stop using "I don't know where the QR will take me" as an excuse. Any decent scanning app shows the QRs content before asking the user to act upon it. Who would want an app that instantly saves a vcard to their contact list, or opens a url as soon as they scan it?
Enough with the QR Codes
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#52I do believe I've found a decent use for them - I wrote an app that can push an iOS mobile provisioning wifi profile to an iPhone - this allows your guests to scan a QR code to have their iOS device connect to your wifi network (without directly sharing your WPA key with them). You can even geofence the QR code so that if it is scanned > 1/2 mile from your home, the profile will not be pushed. You must use RedLaser t…
Is there any websites where I can find more good use cases of QR codes ?
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#53my biggest gripe with QR codes is that the built-in camera apps on smartphones dot not scan for them by default. Instead I have to hunt through my installed apps to find the "barcode scanner" or whatever.
Why can't the default camera recognize a QR code, either in preview or after taking the picture?
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#54Please stop using "I don't know where the QR will take me" as an excuse. Any decent scanning app shows the QRs content before asking the user to act upon it. Who would want an app that instantly saves a vcard to their contact list, or opens a url as soon as they scan it?
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#55Nobody remembers the google sesame? That one exampled in itself should stop this thread.
CueCat?
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#56Would a better idea not to have a font that was made for the purpose of scanning?
That way, if people don't have smartphones then they know the url. Those who do have smartphones know what the url points to in case there is something dodgy about the url.
I hate to say it but something like Courier, on a white background and we improve the OCR techniques in the phones?
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#57It is funny how this topic comes up every month. I guess it's because we somehow want them to add value, but at this stage they don't.
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#58Would a better idea not to have a font that was made for the purpose of scanning? That way, if people don't have smartphones then they know the url. Those who do have smartphones know what the url points to in case there is something dodgy about the url. I hate to say it but something like Courier, on a white background and we improve the OCR techniques in the phones?
You mean like "OCR Font?" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCR-A_font
Re: Enough with the QR Codes
#59Would a better idea not to have a font that was made for the purpose of scanning? That way, if people don't have smartphones then they know the url. Those who do have smartphones know what the url points to in case there is something dodgy about the url. I hate to say it but something like Courier, on a white background and we improve the OCR techniques in the phones?
You mean like "OCR Font?" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCR-A_font
Perfect, I wasn't even aware there was a font for this purpose!
I don't see the point in QR codes, I have never seen an every day use for them and it makes me slightly angry that they have been adopted so heavily.
I do take into account people have found a use for them in niche situations. It just seems these ugly black barcodes could have been avoided by legible OCR fonts with a decent OCR scanner built into the phone. Everyone's happy!
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#60I see people scan QR codes often, and even occasionally do myself; but then, I live in Japan. Here, QR codes became popularized well before the 'smartphone', because everybody's regular phone has been able to scan them for years. (I think from around the turn of the millennium, at least.) That makes sense, because as as bad as smartphone on-screen keyboards are, entering URLs on a numeric keypad was even worse . Two…
Plus the fact that not ALL QR Codes are URLs to marketing sites.
I have seen plenty of "stick in a microwave" type meals that have a QR code which, when scanned, display nutritional information which would never have fit on the tiny label.
Mind you this is also in Japan so....