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Re: QRCodesDoneRight.com - let's teach people how to use QR codes right

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Post by n-gauge »

dusker wrote: post #7
mooism2 wrote: post #3

> Some places are better than others for placing QR codes. Bearing in mind it takes a while to scan, rather than putting a code in that busy passage way why not put in on the subway train where everybody is rather bored and is playing with their phones anyways. Because there is no reception underground. (Yes, this is changing, depending on the city. e.g. in London there is now free wifi at some stations, but not betw…

Thanks for spotting the typo - fixed! I still see a lot of scenarios/places where QR codes would work if used correctly.

Another one..

alrady (do you mean already?), also check out this artistic QR Code (view full size):

http://www.blogger.com/profile/14761943015995502265

Re: QRCodesDoneRight.com - let's teach people how to use QR codes right

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Post by spacemanaki »

And yet the QR code on the front page has an embedded logo, which isn't at all part of the spec, I think. Kind of ironic. I know brands love those designer QR codes (or at least loathe them less) but they have a significant impact on scan-ability, even if many decoders are good enough to scan them, they might take longer, especially on non-top-of-the-line phones. The point of a QR code is to make that information easier to get at, and the designer codes are at odds with this. (disclaimer, I worked at a barcode startup for a bit, and I left partly because I don't buy QR codes)

Re: QRCodesDoneRight.com - let's teach people how to use QR codes right

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Post by dusker »

spacemanaki wrote: post #13

And yet the QR code on the front page has an embedded logo, which isn't at all part of the spec, I think. Kind of ironic. I know brands love those designer QR codes (or at least loathe them less) but they have a significant impact on scan-ability, even if many decoders are good enough to scan them, they might take longer, especially on non-top-of-the-line phones. The point of a QR code is to make that information eas…

Embedding logo is not a part of the spec, but demonstration that QR codes can be customized. In my experience (and i also have been involved in QR code related startup) these don't take longer to process as long as you don't go over the certain point with customizing the code. It's all about finding the right balance.

Re: QRCodesDoneRight.com - let's teach people how to use QR codes right

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Post by dusker »

ryanong wrote: post #14

How many people that aren't in the tech scene actually know a simple way to scan a QR code?

There's a number of apps, for virtually any platform out there. I'm pretty sure that apart from tech scene QR codes are fairly recognizable.

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dusker wrote: post #15
spacemanaki wrote: post #13

And yet the QR code on the front page has an embedded logo, which isn't at all part of the spec, I think. Kind of ironic. I know brands love those designer QR codes (or at least loathe them less) but they have a significant impact on scan-ability, even if many decoders are good enough to scan them, they might take longer, especially on non-top-of-the-line phones. The point of a QR code is to make that information eas…

Embedding logo is not a part of the spec, but demonstration that QR codes can be customized. In my experience (and i also have been involved in QR code related startup) these don't take longer to process as long as you don't go over the certain point with customizing the code. It's all about finding the right balance.

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Re: QRCodesDoneRight.com - let's teach people how to use QR codes right

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Post by dusker »

n-gauge wrote: post #12
dusker wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for spotting the typo - fixed! I still see a lot of scenarios/places where QR codes would work if used correctly.

Another one.. alrady (do you mean already?), also check out this artistic QR Code (view full size): http://www.blogger.com/profile/14761943015995502265

Hey I like it! I thought a while ago about mashing up 8bit gfx and qr codes

Re: QRCodesDoneRight.com - let's teach people how to use QR codes right

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Post by obtu »

spacemanaki wrote: post #13

And yet the QR code on the front page has an embedded logo, which isn't at all part of the spec, I think. Kind of ironic. I know brands love those designer QR codes (or at least loathe them less) but they have a significant impact on scan-ability, even if many decoders are good enough to scan them, they might take longer, especially on non-top-of-the-line phones. The point of a QR code is to make that information eas…

Error correction is part of the spec (along with a reference algorithm for decoding a real-world image), so by keeping enough margin in the right places it's possible to embed a logo safely.
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