Paper is the real 'killer app'

Re:Paper is the real 'killer app' by adtac on Monday January 23, 2017 @11:03AM (#13463080)

I think I got a solution - every article is accompanied by a QR code that you can scan to open a searchable version of the exact same text. Just a couple of seconds away and you don't lose the papery-feel either.

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Re:Paper is the real 'killer app' by bitwize on Monday January 23, 2017 @12:13PM (#13463716)

We could provide a device -- say, in a nice friendly shape like a cat -- that can read these codes and open up the relevant text on their PC or iPad or whatever! What could possibly go wrong?

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Re:Paper is the real 'killer app' by __jal on Monday January 23, 2017 @03:23PM (#13465640)

Man, brilliant! The VCs and media companies won't be capable of leaving you alone!

...I think I still have one of those in a junk-box somewhere.

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Re:Paper is the real 'killer app' by CodeCube on Monday January 23, 2017 @02:29PM (#13465134)

cue the music!

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Re:Paper is the real 'killer app' by athenot on Monday January 23, 2017 @11:40AM (#13463442)

Skip the QR code and let the article itself be a code. Some magagines have implemented that already. It takes a specialized reader app but then the paper is not littered with QR codes all over.

Of course the lo-tech version is simply google the title and chances are you'll find the digital version of the article.

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Re:Paper is the real 'killer app' by 24gttghh on Monday January 23, 2017 @11:16AM (#13463201)

Why not ditch the QR code and have an app that takes a photo of text and lets you perform ctrl+f on the image?

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Re:Paper is the real 'killer app' by dack on Monday January 23, 2017 @11:30AM (#13463342)

because you still couldn't search across pages

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