Show HN: QR Codify, The Most Useful Snippet I've Ever Written

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Post by zacharyvoase » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 12:34 PM UTC

Show HN: QR Codify, The Most Useful Snippet I've Ever Written
zacharyvoase.com

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Post by colmvp » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 12:43 PM UTC

http://picturesofpeoplescanningqrcodes.tumblr.com/

Re: Show HN: QR Codify, The Most Useful Snippet I've Ever Written

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Post by zacharyvoase » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 12:47 PM UTC

colmvp wrote: post #2

http://picturesofpeoplescanningqrcodes.tumblr.com/

QR codes on billboards and in marketing are kind of rubbish, but in terms of moving a URL or a phone number from your PC to your phone quickly, they're actually pretty useful.

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Post by mef » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 12:49 PM UTC

Great hack. Another way to get text quickly to your phone, if you have an iPhone, is to send yourself a message on Messages.

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 12:53 PM UTC

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Post by lepht » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 12:55 PM UTC

I've been using a Chrome extension I created for the same purpose. The nice part is that it does it without making an external web request, using javascript and canvas.

Also, iPhone users should check out the Scan app[1] for a QR code reader. It's by far the fastest starting, simplest QR scanner I've been able to find; Most of the other apps seem to be cramming in price-checking features and have butt-ugly icons.

[1]: http://scan.me

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Post by zacharyvoase » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 12:55 PM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #5

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What do you mean?

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Post by Adirael » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 12:57 PM UTC

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It's vanilla scroll for me, nothing weird as far as I can tell.

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Post by cocoflunchy » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 1:00 PM UTC

zacharyvoase wrote: post #7

[deleted] wrote: post #5

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What do you mean?

Whoops I'm sorry, I thought you had some fancy js here but I think it was just a bug with my mouse... the page was scrolling down weirdly to the end of the header.

Can't reproduce it after refreshing.

My bad, I'll delete the original comment.

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Post by marban » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 1:00 PM UTC

Just keep in mind that Google's QR Code (Infographic) API has been deprecated.