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Wouldn't it have been much more sensible to have a lowercase version of alphanumerics in the QR code standard? Almost all URLs are lowercase, and even if the ha
by zygentoma 11mo ago
Wouldn't it have been much more sensible to have a lowercase version of alphanumerics in the QR code standard? Almost all URLs are lowercase, and even if the have capitalised parts, in most cases they're case-insensitive.
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- Etheryte 11mo agoUrls can include parameters and for those capitalization can definitely matter.
- orangewindies 11mo agoQR codes were created for labelling automotive parts, not for URLs. Part numbers are usually uppercase alphanumeric, with a few punctuation characters.
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- mmulqueen 11mo agoQR codes existed for over a decade before smartphones brought them into the mainstream. They're high density replacements for barcodes, which are uppercase by convention (or in some cases like Code 39, only support uppercase). URLs in QR codes are a later innovation.
- vbezhenar 11mo agodomain name and protocol name is case-insensitive. If you care about QR code size, you should use URL shortener service which you can program in whatever way you need. So I don't think that's major restriction.