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When the answer to this question is a 'No I would not', I fail to see the utility of these things.
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 between stations.)
Also, some people, when a stranger takes a photo of the ad above their head, will mistakenly believe the stranger is taking a photo of them, and treat it as threatening behaviour.
There is a typo in your : "aobut" should be "about".
>Would you do it? Always try to stand in a shoes of a regular person and ask yourself would I scan it? Does this convince me to take out my phone and spend 10 seconds of my time to scan that QR code? Is it attractive enough? When the answer to this question is a 'No I would not', I fail to see the utility of these things.
> I fail to see the utility of these things.
I've commented on this at length elsewhere, and will not do so again here. I doubt that you will change your mind, but I can provide references to my comments for those who are interested.
>Would you do it? Always try to stand in a shoes of a regular person and ask yourself would I scan it? Does this convince me to take out my phone and spend 10 seconds of my time to scan that QR code? Is it attractive enough? When the answer to this question is a 'No I would not', I fail to see the utility of these things.
> I fail to see the utility of these things. Then I suggest that you are lacking in imagination. I scan QR codes quite often and find them quite useful. Not every day, and not outstandingly useful, but useful enough that I know of no suitable alternative, and I would miss the utility they provide. I've commented on this at length elsewhere, and will not do so again here. I doubt that you will change your mind, but I…
Most people a) don't have a reader b) don't really know what they are. Compare this to something like a URL/domain which people do recognise the format of, or a discount code ("use SUBWAY10 for 10% off!") to achieve the same goals.
Seriously, I would love to hear of any use cases where a QR Code was the absolute best approach.
> 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…
One of the wireless companies here (Telia) used to be nationalized, so I suspect that has something to do with it.
> 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…
I still see a lot of scenarios/places where QR codes would work if used correctly.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I fail to see the utility of these things. Then I suggest that you are lacking in imagination. I scan QR codes quite often and find them quite useful. Not every day, and not outstandingly useful, but useful enough that I know of no suitable alternative, and I would miss the utility they provide. I've commented on this at length elsewhere, and will not do so again here. I doubt that you will change your mind, but I…
The question isn't "is there utility" but "is there sufficiently more utility than alternatives to justify their use". I don't think I've come across a situation where the answer to that is yes. The barriers are high. Most people a) don't have a reader b) don't really know what they are. Compare this to something like a URL/domain which people do recognise the format of, or a discount code ("use SUBWAY10 for 10% off!…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I fail to see the utility of these things. Then I suggest that you are lacking in imagination. I scan QR codes quite often and find them quite useful. Not every day, and not outstandingly useful, but useful enough that I know of no suitable alternative, and I would miss the utility they provide. I've commented on this at length elsewhere, and will not do so again here. I doubt that you will change your mind, but I…
The question isn't "is there utility" but "is there sufficiently more utility than alternatives to justify their use". I don't think I've come across a situation where the answer to that is yes. The barriers are high. Most people a) don't have a reader b) don't really know what they are. Compare this to something like a URL/domain which people do recognise the format of, or a discount code ("use SUBWAY10 for 10% off!…
There is no other current alternative that I know. Please, name some alternatives that I could use, straight away, without downloading anything (and no, I didn't have to download my QR reader, it came with the phone), without configuring anything, and that is as error resistant as QR codes.
Even if I do have to download something, tell me what reasonable alternatives exist when I'm standing on a train using one hand to hold on.
I'm not particularly a QR advocate, but for me, they are useful, and I'm getting tired of people telling me they aren't, and that they should go away. I'm especially tired of people removing from me things that work, and replacing them either with things that don't, or with nothing.