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As you say, it's the novelty of taking a picture of a QR code to go to website. The long URL problem can be solved without URL shortener, just make your urls s
by almost 17y ago
As you say, it's the novelty of taking a picture of a QR code to go to website.
The long URL problem can be solved without URL shortener, just make your urls shorter :)
I'm really not arguing that the idea of using QR codes to indicate URLs (or, more interestingly, for other things) is totally without merit. Just that current usages seem to be mere novelties to me.
- jokermatt999 17y agoActually, I feel there's one other non-novelty use of QR codes: Android apps. Most sites with Android apps have a QR code to the market in them. If you're browsing on a computer/laptop/not your phone, you can just point your phone at the screen and be taken instantly to the app's Market page. It's a case where the URL problem can't be handled by teh user, and where typing in a URL seems odd. I agree that QR codes aren't fully useful, but I have seen some decent use of them. They certainly have more potential in my opinion, although the augmented reality demos of them I've seen are pretty cool.