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> And if you really insist on a silly QR menu, then at least include a human readable version of the URL. Seriously. It's not that hard. OK, here is the URL:

> And if you really insist on a silly QR menu, then at least include a human readable version of the URL. Seriously. It's not that hard. OK, here is the URL: > http://customer0931.incompetentagency.com/?location=2k12kx&item=k21k2la2kkasl&view=qrcodepdf http://customer0931.incompetentagency.com/?location=2k12kx&i... Have fun :)

elric 5y ago
I would argue that doesn't quite qualify as human readable ... Surely something like https://restaurant.tld/menu https://restaurant.tld/menu would make more sense ...
- lowercased 5y ago
  After 20 years of web, I still see commercially printed URLs on signs/buildings/cars/etc that do not understand redirects. I saw http://www.ourcompany.com/sub/registration.aspx http://www.ourcompany.com/sub/registration.aspx on printed on a glass door the other day - looked like etching at first, but may have something else? This was at a local theater/event space, IIRC. "ourcompany.com/register" is infinitely more understandable, and unsure why no one in the chain of command for that decision didn't press for something simpler. But they often don't (still). I remember seeing an email printed on a service truck back... 2002? 2003? "Email us as www.myservicename@yahoo.com". I never tried it - perhaps they actually had that email, but I suspect people were still in the habit of saying "www dot" before anything that had to do with "internet".
  - aclelland 5y ago
    There are a bunch of trucks outside my house at the moment laying fiber cabling. The email address for the company is basically 'buildingcompany.co.uk@gmail.com' and this isn't a tiny firm. It left me wondering whether the bosses if the company just don't care or if they were told by the web design company they hired for their site that it'd add thousands to the website cost and decided against it.
    - atatatat 5y ago
      It makes no difference to the box-checkers hiring them, so therefore,
  - mkr-hn 5y ago
    I think most people will just Google the URL and (usually) get the correct address as the first result. This might even be an intentional (if misguided) SEO strategy.
- dual_dingo 5y ago
  Of course this is not useful or really human readable. It was meant as a "Be careful what you ask for" to the parent post and refers to the fact that at least in my part of the world, most restaurants are not part of a big chain and often end up with digital service/ad agencies of very dubious quality where this kind of URL would be completely acceptable both for the business owner and the agency because both just don't know any better.

elric 5y ago

I would argue that doesn't quite qualify as human readable ... Surely something like https://restaurant.tld/menu https://restaurant.tld/menu would make more sense ...

lowercased 5y ago
After 20 years of web, I still see commercially printed URLs on signs/buildings/cars/etc that do not understand redirects. I saw http://www.ourcompany.com/sub/registration.aspx http://www.ourcompany.com/sub/registration.aspx on printed on a glass door the other day - looked like etching at first, but may have something else? This was at a local theater/event space, IIRC. "ourcompany.com/register" is infinitely more understandable, and unsure why no one in the chain of command for that decision didn't press for something simpler. But they often don't (still). I remember seeing an email printed on a service truck back... 2002? 2003? "Email us as www.myservicename@yahoo.com". I never tried it - perhaps they actually had that email, but I suspect people were still in the habit of saying "www dot" before anything that had to do with "internet".
- aclelland 5y ago
  There are a bunch of trucks outside my house at the moment laying fiber cabling. The email address for the company is basically 'buildingcompany.co.uk@gmail.com' and this isn't a tiny firm. It left me wondering whether the bosses if the company just don't care or if they were told by the web design company they hired for their site that it'd add thousands to the website cost and decided against it.
  - atatatat 5y ago
    It makes no difference to the box-checkers hiring them, so therefore,
- mkr-hn 5y ago
  I think most people will just Google the URL and (usually) get the correct address as the first result. This might even be an intentional (if misguided) SEO strategy.
dual_dingo 5y ago
Of course this is not useful or really human readable. It was meant as a "Be careful what you ask for" to the parent post and refers to the fact that at least in my part of the world, most restaurants are not part of a big chain and often end up with digital service/ad agencies of very dubious quality where this kind of URL would be completely acceptable both for the business owner and the agency because both just don't know any better.