QR Codify
Dev tools
command line utility
SHOW HN2013
255points
113comments
#50of 1,739 in 2013
Top 3%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
8 positive, 19 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 12 critical, out of 39 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Idea: 6 for, 7 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Handy for moving URLs and text from desktop to phone
From 2 comments
I saw this, thought "yeah right, gonna be more of a pain than depicted, why bother", downloaded & installed it anyway because I've got a stupid fondness for the idea (if not the…
ctdonath on HNThis is excellent – I find this more useful than the parent article.
dphnx on HN
Objections
QR codes are inconvenient compared with clipboard sync or messaging
From 3 comments
For Android users there is the Chrome to Phone extension which uses Web Intents. No need to scan a QR code. You can directly send selected text, web links, phone numbers or map…
TheBindingVoid on HNMy solution here is usually to just send myself a text message from Google Voice. For me, it's faster to open a new tab and paste my text than to find my QR reader and scan.
yahelc on HNUnless you can share your clipboard between them, which works even better.
masklinn on HN
Relies on Google's QR Chart API, which is deprecated
From 1 comment
Just keep in mind that Google's QR Code (Infographic) API has been deprecated.
marban on HN
Requests
Support for larger text via a pastebin
From 1 comment
Thanks a lot! It's feedback like this that keeps me releasing this stuff for free :P In terms of size: I think QR codes go up to 1024 bytes; anything larger and perhaps the…
zacharyvoase on HN
Questions
How large a code can it render?
From 1 comment
I saw this, thought "yeah right, gonna be more of a pain than depicted, why bother", downloaded & installed it anyway because I've got a stupid fondness for the idea (if not the…
ctdonath on HN
Alternatives named
Chrome to Phone
From 2 comments
For Android users there is the Chrome to Phone extension which uses Web Intents. No need to scan a QR code. You can directly send selected text, web links, phone numbers or map…
TheBindingVoid on HNI use Chrome to Phone with my android phone. One click on a button sends the current url to my browser, or I can select any text, right click it and send it to my phone where it…
harel on HN
Pushbullet
From 1 comment
I can't recommend http://pushbullet.com enough... it allows you to send anything to your phone and works very well.
duck on HN
qrencode command line tool
From 2 comments
Look, this even works when you’re offline :) ``` qrencode -o - -l L -s 10 -- "$(xsel)" | display ```
claudius on HNYou can do it locally with qrencode[1], which is available via MacPorts and Homebrew. It would probably simplify the script, too (especially if converted to bash). On an X11…
jackalope on HN