Comments on: QR-codes – ever likely to take off? http://www.martintod.org.uk/2008/05/08/qr-codes-ever-likely-to-take-off/ Technology, politics, local history and anything else that strikes my interest Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:35:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Roger http://www.martintod.org.uk/2008/05/08/qr-codes-ever-likely-to-take-off/comment-page-1/#comment-2573 Roger Sun, 11 May 2008 12:07:02 +0000 http://www.martintod.org.uk/?p=235#comment-2573 OCR technology is great, but there are problems with this approach: > First, not every URL is and will be mobile compatible. There will be a long time before every website has an additional mobile site. PC Web is and will never be the same at the Mobile Web. Both mediums have their own advantages and disadvantages. > Second, the iconic value of the QR Code is as much important as the scanning. Every QR Code basically tells you that there is "mobile content" behind it. OCR technology is great, but there are problems with this approach:

> First, not every URL is and will be mobile compatible. There will be a long time before every website has an additional mobile site. PC Web is and will never be the same at the Mobile Web. Both mediums have their own advantages and disadvantages.

> Second, the iconic value of the QR Code is as much important as the scanning. Every QR Code basically tells you that there is “mobile content” behind it.

]]> By: Martin http://www.martintod.org.uk/2008/05/08/qr-codes-ever-likely-to-take-off/comment-page-1/#comment-2534 Martin Thu, 08 May 2008 16:14:08 +0000 http://www.martintod.org.uk/?p=235#comment-2534 Greg, I think getting the future of the aeroplane wrong might be a <em>slightly</em> bigger mistake! Don't get me wrong - I think it's a very interesting concept (and a good enough idea to put on my blog), but I also think there's a risk that it gets overtaken by 'conventional' OCR recognition as phones get more powerful before it gets broadly taken up. Greg,

I think getting the future of the aeroplane wrong might be a slightly bigger mistake!

Don’t get me wrong – I think it’s a very interesting concept (and a good enough idea to put on my blog), but I also think there’s a risk that it gets overtaken by ‘conventional’ OCR recognition as phones get more powerful before it gets broadly taken up.

]]> By: Greg http://www.martintod.org.uk/2008/05/08/qr-codes-ever-likely-to-take-off/comment-page-1/#comment-2533 Greg Thu, 08 May 2008 13:54:32 +0000 http://www.martintod.org.uk/?p=235#comment-2533 So you doubt it will ever take off, do you? You could get famous with a comment like that. As I recall, just ahead of the WWI, someone stood in the British Parliament and declared that they saw no future for airplanes in warfare. Well you just topped him. So you doubt it will ever take off, do you? You could get famous with a comment like that. As I recall, just ahead of the WWI, someone stood in the British Parliament and declared that they saw no future for airplanes in warfare. Well you just topped him.

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