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A comment on Ask HN: Why are QR codes not clickable links on browsers?.

Re:Ask HN: Why are QR codes not clickable links on browsers? by killingtime74 on Sunday November 02, 2025 @04:27PM (#45793590)
If they were then you'd have to do one of two things: 1) ocr all images to check if they are QR codes 2) embed metadata saying that this image is a QR code and a link. If you were betting on the metadata then why not just create a link directly...
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Re:Ask HN: Why are QR codes not clickable links on browsers? by jimmydin7 on Sunday November 02, 2025 @04:33PM (#45793643)
i think using embeded metadata would be the way to go, but we would somehow need to inform every dev in the world to do so
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