qr-code please

davidmaxwaterman  2007/10/26 01:21 UTC


Hi,

When I registered, it gave me the option of entering a url into my phone's web browser to download the s/w. I can't find the page any more, but in the FAQ it says :

"The techies method:

* Download WidSets by entering ‘get.widsets.com’ in your mobile phone’s web browser, and then download the WidSets client directly onto your mobile phone.
"

In any case, please could you add a qr-code so we can avoid having to enter a URL into the phone? I've found them very useful on other sites for quickly getting applications installed (and that's in your interest too, right?).

Thanks.

Max.

Re: qr-code please

render  2007/10/29 12:09 UTC


Hmm, what is a qr-code?)

How hard it is to input the url into a browser? I do it atleast 10 times a day and don't find it that difficult ;)

You can also take the bottom-most link on get.widsets.com page and by inserting your user/pass you can download your own dash again.

/render


Afterwards:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code

Seems to be a 2D-barcode. What phonemodel actually reads these successfully, I have tried to do it few times with no success.

Re: qr-code please

davidmaxwaterman  2007/10/31 01:58 UTC

render wrote: Afterwards: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code Seems to be a 2D-barcode. What phone model actually reads these successfully, I have tried to do it few times with no success.

I've tried several S60 phones and they've all worked without any problem, so I would assume that any S60 phone would work - there's quite a few of those. I can't speak for other models, but they're used extensively in Asia (particularly Japan, so I'm told), so I expect a few other models work with them too.

Nokia are also talking about using them on some of their web pages for exactly this reason :

http://blogs.s60.com/tommi/2007/10/2d_barcodes_pointing_directly.html

feedback on the idea is positive.

Anyway, it's up to you....

Re: qr-code please

ZeniaC  2007/11/06 22:16 UTC




*edit, i tried to upload the qr code you requested but it seems the feature is not supported here. O well at least you have the link to the image now ;)

Re: qr-code please - soon on Nokia's beta labs site

davidmaxwaterman  2007/11/07 02:58 UTC

ZeniaC wrote: *edit, i tried to upload the qr code you requested but it seems the feature is not supported here. O well at least you have the link to the image now ;)

Yeah, when I referenced the URL, it didn't display in my desktop browser and downloaded to my computer instead - not ideal ;)

Perhaps it'd be best to convert it to some other image format, like gif or jpeg (I think gif would work better).

In any case, it took about a second to get the url into my phone's browser from the code on the screen (ok, it took the browser a moment to launch, but still - just one click).

http://get.widsets.com/

Worked like a dream :) *MUCH* better than having to type in a URL into the browser.

Now, if only they would do this on all web pages that offer s/w for mobile phones. Hello widsets, are you listening?

Nokia Beta Labs just awarded me an award for this idea :

<http://blogs.s60.com/tommi/2007/10/nokia_beta_labs_contributor_of_2.html>

Max.

Re: qr-code please - Microsoft too!

davidmaxwaterman  2007/11/07 03:09 UTC


Even Microsoft is getting in on this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Barcode

Re: qr-code please - Microsoft too!

davidmaxwaterman  2007/11/07 03:24 UTC


if you still think I'm smoking, read this :

http://harper.wirelessink.com/?p=83

Re: qr-code please - Microsoft too!

Tana  2007/11/07 08:41 UTC


Hi Max,

thanks for your idea! I have passed this suggestion to the guys who are making the decisions, so let's see what they think of it.

Cheers,

Taina