Apple joins the NFC party, providing iOS developers the ability to read NFC tags

Re:Apple joins the NFC party, providing iOS developers the a... by gumby on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @11:30AM (#14507226)

> I put my Wechat QR code at the end so any member of the audience can scan it from the slide

I've always been surprised by this (and even more by QR codes in magazine ads and billboards). I'd think that these days, for 90% of applications a regular URL should work. Just as your photo app thee days marks (and often labels) the faces, it could simply highlight all the URLs, email addresses etc in the image and let you click on them.

Yes, QR codes are more robust (at the cost of a small payload for a large image) but I suspect in most cases it's unnecessary.

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Re:Apple joins the NFC party, providing iOS developers the a... by janekm on Thursday June 08, 2017 @10:54AM (#14514588)

QR Codes do work rather well actually in different contexts, they are very robust. Upside down, from across the room, weird lighting... Also, in the Chinese context, everybody knows what to do with it and what to expect to happen if they scan it.

The farmer coming into the city on a trike selling fruit even accepts payment by QR code :)

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Re:Apple joins the NFC party, providing iOS developers the a... by giobox on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @12:43PM (#14507851)

I completely agree, especially on roadside billboards. URLs have the excellent advantage of supporting 'human storage' - i can remember a URL and try it later. QR codes, not so much.

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