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Bring back menus, QR codes are terrible

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527 points lxm | 1 comments | 29 Jun 21 03:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.267s | source
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_delirium ◴[29 Jun 21 05:10 UTC] No.27672029[source]▶
My biggest surprise in these comments is that people seem to have actually successfully used a QR code! I always assumed they were an iPhone only feature, so I ignore them.

I've read that the Android camera app is supposed to recognize QR codes, but it doesn't seem to on my phone.

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1. fart32 ◴[29 Jun 21 08:59 UTC] No.27673478[source]▶
The camera app I have (preinstalled from Moto) can read QR codes. Links are OK, but it can't handle QR payments. You'd expect the phone to forward it to the right app, but no - you need to open that one yourself and use the scanner in there. There's probably a reason for it, maybe all the banks I use do something wrong and Android is capable of this, but at the end of the day, this doesn't matter. QR codes are more often than not frustrating experience for end users, especially those not tech-savvy enough. It's ridiculous, we can do better than this.