Dear people who have recently discovered QR codes,

QR codes can be very useful. They are particularly useful when they are printed out and stuck around the place. Or even on a slide on a presentation so people can access the info on their personal device.

QR codes are NOT useful on a social media post or a website that people access on their own device because if you are looking at it on your phone you cannot scan it with your phone. Just post the bloody link!

@urbanfoxe For such cases, you can save the picture and decode it on this site:
https://lehollandaisvolant.net/tout/tools/rqrcode/
Lire un QRcode™ - le hollandais volant

Un lecteur de QR Code en Javascript et HTML. Il fonctionne avec la Webcam (avec WebRTC) et avec un fichier d’entrée.

@TritTriton that's useful thank you!

No one should ever assume their audience will take any extra steps though!

@urbanfoxe And it’s the same thing for when people use “shortened” links such as bit.ly and co, or mobile versions… I have to retrieve the original link with unshorten.it first and it’s so annoying! 😒