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Almost any user manual nowadays has a QR code, I also see it on magazines, even in printed ads (in Finland also). However, the UX is really bad: 1. most people
by patkai 11y ago
Almost any user manual nowadays has a QR code, I also see it on magazines, even in printed ads (in Finland also).
However, the UX is really bad:
1. most people don't know what they are
2. if they learn, then they have to find a QR reader app
3. reading experience: pick phone from pocket, open it, find the app, start it, scan it.
Possible solution:
1. phones should have it pre-installed
2. it should be simple to snap a qr tag (e.g. without opening, e.g. with hotkey)
3. url should go to notifications queue or very easily accessible, also for integrations
4. users should be better educated, e.g. when there is a qr tag in a magazine there should be a short explanation. (https://www.quikklytags.com/#/ https://www.quikklytags.com/#/ seems very promising from this point of view)
I think QR tags have huge untapped potential.
- Already__Taken 11y agoYeh your phone camera app should just do it. I spent ages going through the android store to phone an app the didn't[0] want my entire contacts list or browsing history to scan a glorified sudoku. [0]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tw.mobileapp.qrcode.banner&hl=en_GB https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tw.mobileapp.q...
- jakub_g 11y agoIn the same spirit, it is mindblowing that some Android phones do not even have a flashlight app (I had a flashlight in my dumbphone 8 years ago), and the same applies - most flashlight apps need exorbitant permissions; I found [0] as the only one that doesn't need anything else than, well, camera and flashlight access. I see Android as OS may not want to support it as some phones/tablets do not have physical flashlight. This would be a genuine occasion for vendors to provide something themselves which is not a bloated crapware, but not all of them do it. [0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snoopwall.flashlight&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snoopwall....
- Already__Taken 11y agoI've not updated my moto gallery app because it wants new permissions to "Contacts" for god knows why. So I don't think the OEMs would do it properly anyway. Street view update now wants identity, photos/files, camera and wifi info. On top of location of which as least made sense.
- emilburzo 11y agoHere's one that's a bit more popular and worked on my chinese android phone: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.flashlight https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoils...
- DrScump 11y ago<most flashlight apps need exorbitant permissions> Good find! I've been using LampA, which was a "Show HN" a few months ago (I thought), but I can't find it now. Privacy Flashlight is fuller-featured anyway.