Wednesday, December 01, 2010

When are QR code readers going to get past "Beta" functionality?

I was just asked this question on Facebook Questions
 http://www.facebook.com/q/Do-you-think-google-goggles-will-become-the-universal-QR-code-scanner/162569547118128?answer_id=162784307096652&qa_ref=qd



Here is my response

No. Too many choices and no need to standardise.


 
When are we going to see a QR codes reader that does more than the basic "reading" functionality is what i want to know.

 
When will we see a QR code reader that;
  1. Stores the last 50 codes your read for later access.
  2. Uploads codes you've read to a web page that allows you to access them from a desktop browser, possibly allowing you to "tag" them at a later date or at least view the content from another browser on you pc.
  3. Allow you to sms or email a qr code to a friend once you've read them.
Basically as i see it QR code readers (and therefor their developers) are in the dark ages (lol feel free to hire me for further product application design).

Cheers,
www.Cognation.net/QR

 
Posted by Dean Collins at 11:08 AM

2 comments:

  1. Terence EdenDecember 2, 2010 at 9:35 AM

    The ZXing reader for Android does 1 & 3. It also expands bit.ly URLs so you can see the destination link.

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  2. Dean CollinsDecember 2, 2010 at 9:46 AM

    Terrence,

    You are right but i wish it would forward the barcode itself with the emails.
    (also the process of going into history first is kind of clunky)

    and yes this is the reader of choice i use for myself personally.


    Cheers,
    Dean

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