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Has anyone ever used QR codes on the business cards or store doors? It seems like a waste of space, you need to have a special app on your phone to read it. I t
by usaphp 10y ago
Has anyone ever used QR codes on the business cards or store doors? It seems like a waste of space, you need to have a special app on your phone to read it. I think most people don't use that.
- joemi 10y agoAs an iOS user, I always assumed QR code reading was just built into Android's camera app. Is that not so?
- Normal_gaussian 10y agoKind of. Google Now has QR code reading built in, if you have a QR code on the screen (e.g through a camera app) you can have google now scan the screen by holding the home button. I don't remember having to enable it, but if it isn't enabled for android users you can go into Google Now settings and enable "Screen Search".
- mastax 10y ago(from memory, may be out of date) The AOSP camera app does not support QR code reading, and neither does Google's camera app. Many Android phones will have one or both of these installed. Most phones also come with a manufacturer-specific camera app. I know new-ish Motorola phones will read QR codes, and I suspect that the "kitchen sink" vendors like Samsung would as well.
- Normal_gaussian 10y agoIt is kind of indirect, Google Now Screen Search supports QR Codes, so if you have a way to get the code onto your screen (via the camera app viewfinder for example) you can read it.
- hadrien01 10y agoIt's built in Windows Phone's camera app, but in Android phones I've tested, there's no QR code recognition.
- user5994461 10y agoNope. Can't read QR code an android out of the box. You need to get 1 out of 100 applications from the app store, that competes for the one who can shows the most ads and be the least effective at decoding the picture. Are you saying that the iPhone camera can read QR code out of the box?
- wtbob 10y ago> You need to get 1 out of 100 applications from the app store, that competes for the one who can shows the most ads and be the least effective at decoding the picture. The ZXing Barcode Scanner doesn't show any ads. IIRC, they give it away for free because they want people to use their (open source, natch) barcode library. I've been very happy with it. This of course demonstrates a problem with the App Store model: neither Google nor Apple has a strong incentive or interest in directing users to the best, most secure, most privacy-preserving apps (particularly Google, who would prefer that privacy become a thing of the past): they would much rather that you buy something, or use some ad-ridden piece of nearly malware.
- amk_ 10y agoYeah, I find it so strange that the Google Authenticator setup includes a step to download a recommended 3rd-party scanner scanner, given that GA is pretty much the most important app security-wise you can install on the phone.
- pYQAJ6Zm 10y agoI ditched GA after I tried Authy. Built-in QR scanner, plus syncing with non-mobile devices.
- a_e_k 10y agoThere actually is a first-party app from Google that can read QR codes: Google Goggles. Besides QR codes, I've also found it handy for scanning the ISBN bar codes of books that I want to remember.
- joemi 10y ago
- will_pseudonym 10y agoExactly. It doesn't save the user much time at all, if any, and it detracts from the simplicity of a clean design. It's a solution in search of a problem.
- sneak 10y agohttp://picturesofpeoplescanningqrcodes.tumblr.com http://picturesofpeoplescanningqrcodes.tumblr.com
- OJFord 10y agoRight; I mean, I guess I could scan it to find out - but what is it, a link to OP's website? What could it possibly be that's easier to convey through a QR code - especially given that it's on a bit of paper you can keep.
- kemayo 10y agoI've actually-used QR codes once or twice, in the last... six years. I still have software that'll scan them installed, but just because Scanbot coincidentally does it as a side-effect of what I actually use it for. That said, the use on this card of encoding a complete vCard is actually pretty decent. It's not a tiny URL which you could enter in a few seconds.
- wtbob 10y agoOne of the first apps I install on my phone is ZXing's Barcode Scanner, specifically so I can scan QR codes. On Android, it's hands-down the easiest way to post WiFi details for a LAN party or similar (no idea how to do it with iPhones — maybe Apple sells some $99 AirWiFiScanner thing?). I'll scan 'em to see if there's useful info there. I'm a little concerned that there may be some way to do something malicious with a QR code, but I don't believe I've ever seen a POC. I'll also use them to set up TOTP. Incredibly easy. Honestly, I wish that they were used more often. In my experience they work flawlessly.
- kneel 10y agoI use snapchat, it picks up QR. It's my default camera just in case I want to caption something.
- netsharc 10y agoMost phones nowadays have a shortcut button from the lock screen to open the camera, I wish the phone companies would have one shortcut for a barcode scanner. Or in the camera app, have an extra button to turn the scanner on -- mine has "take picture" and "take video", the scanner reads the live preview until ut recognizes a barcode.
- 50CNT 10y agoNot on business cards & store doors, but WeChat Pay and Alipay both use QR codes for payment, so anywhere between 1-5 times a day. The washing machines downstairs too.