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My big issue, which should be easily correctable, is that every menu QR code I've scanned results in a PDF that I have to download. Nobody wants PDFs. On deskt
by thomascgalvin 5y ago
My big issue, which should be easily correctable, is that every menu QR code I've scanned results in a PDF that I have to download.
Nobody wants PDFs. On desktop sites, it's common to add a (PDF Warning) to links that lead to PDFs.
And on a phone, PDFs are even worse. They're almost always sized for the desktop, which means you have to pinch and scroll to see anything, and I don't download stuff from Firefox often enough to know how to find and delete the menus for every single restaurant I eat at.
If the menu QR code led to a responsive website, I'd be fine with it. When the QR code leads to a PDF, it makes me angry. If the QR code led to an app I had to install, I'd walk directly out of the restaurant.
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- benhurmarcel 5y agoWhich mobile browser downloads PDFs instead of just rendering them?
- datameta 5y agoDDG is one example. I prefer it this way because I can choose how to view it, and not have to redownload it in case I lose the page or the cache for the file.
- WhyCause 5y agoAll of them. The data still needs to be downloaded to be rendered.
- clon 5y agoFirefox Mobile
- only_as_i_fall 5y agoMaybe there's some setting I'm missing, but the default android experience seems to be Chrome downloads a pdf which then is read by Google drive.
- cogman10 5y agoNot really the issue with PDFs. Even if they are directly rendered the problem is they have a non-responsive rendering which forces pinch zoom and scrolling to see/read things.
- buu700 5y agoThis was exactly my experience as well when I recently went to some restaurants for the first time since pre-pandemic. GP's experience sounds great; an interactive mobile/responsive website that I can directly order from would be more convenient than the traditional experience. PDFs are basically fine, but given the option I'd rather have a physical menu. (Thankfully, I haven't yet heard of or encountered a QR code that redirected me to an app; that would be a pretty quick way to make me leave if no alternative were provided.)
- colinmhayes 5y agoI love scanning a QR code and having a pdf open in my browser. Faster than waiting for wait staff and easier for restaurants to change the menu. I think most people disagree that nobody wants PDFs.
- idiotsecant 5y agoPDFs are better than a paper menu, for sure, but wouldn't you prefer a website that scales properly and allows you to place orders? I think that is the point parent post is making.
- thiht 5y ago> On desktop sites, it's common to add a (PDF Warning) to links that lead to PDFs. In 2000 maybe?