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Unfortunately this only works if you put very little data into the QR code, e.g. only an URL Then the question is: Does it actually make sense to use an QR cod
by fpp 14y ago
Unfortunately this only works if you put very little data into the QR code, e.g. only an URL
Then the question is: Does it actually make sense to use an QR code for that alone?
(for a visualization of that see: http://www.mobileinc.co.uk/2012/01/which-one-of-these-billboards-would-be-better-understood-by-the-average-consumer/ http://www.mobileinc.co.uk/2012/01/which-one-of-these-billbo... )
If you want to try it out yourself the best QR code online tool I know is QRHacker.com
- gghh 14y agoDoes it actually make sense to use an QR code for that alone? for me a QR code is a bookmarking tool. I am at a restaurant with friends, I like the place and want to keep a note. What's cooler / more practical: (a) take out a blocknotes, a pencil, and write stuff (b) put the 10434th business card in my wallet, which by now looks like a watermelon and I can barely put it in my pocket (c) take my smartphone and "delicious" the URL encoded in the QR code. I believe they have a reason to be.
- fpp 14y agoWhat I meant was that if its only a short URL then it might be quicker to type it in vs scanning the QR code - have a look at the example link then I guess you know why. If you put more info into the code then certainly scanning is the better way but then you're limited with what graphics you can apply to the code.
- sopooneo 14y agoI hear you, but if there is an industry trend of showing QR codes instead of urls, then so be it. No reason to do things two ways. Or at least, you might as well put the QR code in addition to the text URL if that is what consumers expect. However, I do feel that the QR code really is overkill for encoding a URL. At some point, couldn't we just standardize on some easily OCR'd font in a some sort of graphical frame and have software recognize/parse that?