The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus

Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by kokonoko on Saturday October 29, 2022 @08:30PM (#33389488)

I hate QR codes for menus with a passion. Feels so awkward, need another app on Android, not easily read on dimly lit places. Usually I tell one of my friends to tell me the url.

On the other hand I love NFC for this. It blows my mind that it's not that common. Works perfectly and feels natural, just place your phone at the NFC tag.

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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by nsm on Saturday October 29, 2022 @08:35PM (#33389549)

At least the Pixel camera app does native QR code scanning.

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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by allset_ on Saturday October 29, 2022 @09:40PM (#33390041)

My Pixel 4a definitely did not the last time I ran into one of these.

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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by temp_praneshp on Saturday October 29, 2022 @10:44PM (#33390517)

Yeah it's just buggy (same phone here). Works 90% of the time for me (but 100% of the time for my wife, who uses a Pixel 5a).

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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by bwoodward on Sunday October 30, 2022 @04:08AM (#33392283)

I'm with you. NFC is awesome. I use NFC around the house for basic automation (Hue etc) -- and it definitely should be more common.

I was in a restaurant the other night that had QR codes printed on NFC tags, mounted on the wall for each table. The process of pulling up the menu was effortless.

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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by GnarfGnarf on Sunday October 30, 2022 @09:23AM (#33394297)

NFC = Near-field communication

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