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• zacharyvoase 14y ago
  QR codes on billboards and in marketing are kind of rubbish, but in terms of moving a URL or a phone number from your PC to your phone quickly, they're actually pretty useful.
  • franze 14y ago
    nope, i run http://miniqr.com http://miniqr.com for that exact reason, and lets just say, it never took off (and nobody uses is that way)
    • crynix 14y ago
      What determined the outcome of your service was the convenience factor. To use it, the user needs to select the information, go to your webpage, and then submit it. It's too much work for the user. OP's program removes 1/3rd of the steps, making it much easier for the user.
    • evilduck 14y ago
      That site also looks pretty unfriendly.
  • masklinn 14y ago
    Unless you can share your clipboard between them, which works even better.
  • corresation 14y ago
    QR codes on billboards and in marketing are kind of rubbish On a big billboard beside the freeway, sure. In a home for sale sign, or in a bus shelter, or anywhere else where people are either a) very interested or b) captive, they are fantastic.
    • xlevus 14y ago
      The best place I've seen QR codes is on the tube. Because hey, I'mma scan this QR code, and then remember about it when I'm topside.
      • corin_ 14y ago
        My favourite QR code use was from the tube: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/AneZAsiCAAATy1Q.jpg:large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/AneZAsiCAAATy1Q.jpg:large Keep your phone hidden (but check out this QR code!)
        • jschulenklopper 14y ago
          > check out this QR code! Instead of trying to scan that QR code (in a corner of a billboard), here's the URL: http://www.btp.police.uk/pickpockets/ http://www.btp.police.uk/pickpockets/
• nwh 14y ago
  I've found them horribly useful for passing authentication tokens from desktop to mobile devices. It means that you can move tokens without having to type enormous screens or go through a normal login form. They're even pretty if you embed them with a bitmap using QArt — http://research.swtch.com/qart http://research.swtch.com/qart
• netcraft 14y ago
  I find it useful, it just needs to be easier on phones to get to the qr code scanner. I use an iphone, and if it was as easy as just opening up the camera app, pointing at the code which it recognized and put a box around (similar to the focus box perhaps) that I could click on, it would go a long way to getting more people to use them.
• nodata 14y ago
  You can store WiFi access point credentials in a QR code: http://www.qrzilla.com http://www.qrzilla.com (click WiFi)
• angry-hacker 14y ago
  This gets posted in every qr code topic. You can't deny QR Codes are popular in Japan and Korea...