Comments on: Making QR Codes smaller http://www.marcforrest.com/2009/08/21/making-qr-codes-smaller/ A little bit of geeky Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CellC gets it all wrong with Photocode | Marc Forrest.com http://www.marcforrest.com/2009/08/21/making-qr-codes-smaller/#comment-22716 CellC gets it all wrong with Photocode | Marc Forrest.com Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:40:49 +0000 http://www.marcforrest.com/?p=664#comment-22716 [...] including THEIR proprietary code, called BeeTaggCode.I have spoken about QR codes on my site a number of times, and while there are a number of formats you can use, QR code has by far been the most [...] [...] including THEIR proprietary code, called BeeTaggCode.I have spoken about QR codes on my site a number of times, and while there are a number of formats you can use, QR code has by far been the most [...]

]]> By: QR Codes | Daniel Johnson, Jr. http://www.marcforrest.com/2009/08/21/making-qr-codes-smaller/#comment-13452 QR Codes | Daniel Johnson, Jr. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:12:43 +0000 http://www.marcforrest.com/?p=664#comment-13452 [...] Making QR Codes smaller (marcforrest.com) [...] [...] Making QR Codes smaller (marcforrest.com) [...]

]]> By: Marc http://www.marcforrest.com/2009/08/21/making-qr-codes-smaller/#comment-11680 Marc Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:39:58 +0000 http://www.marcforrest.com/?p=664#comment-11680 @chris yip download BeeTagg for the iPhone. works great reading QR Codes @chris yip download BeeTagg for the iPhone. works great reading QR Codes

]]> By: Chris http://www.marcforrest.com/2009/08/21/making-qr-codes-smaller/#comment-11646 Chris Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:13:06 +0000 http://www.marcforrest.com/?p=664#comment-11646 So how you these QR Codes help? Is there an iPhone app that understands them? So how you these QR Codes help?
Is there an iPhone app that understands them?

]]> By: Marc http://www.marcforrest.com/2009/08/21/making-qr-codes-smaller/#comment-11490 Marc Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:21:17 +0000 http://www.marcforrest.com/?p=664#comment-11490 Thanks for the comment Mark. very interesting indeed, I did not know that :) Found some good articles on your post which will make life a lot lot easier :) Thanks for the comment Mark. very interesting indeed, I did not know that :) Found some good articles on your post which will make life a lot lot easier :)

]]> By: Mark Percival http://www.marcforrest.com/2009/08/21/making-qr-codes-smaller/#comment-11479 Mark Percival Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:58:46 +0000 http://www.marcforrest.com/?p=664#comment-11479 Actually you can make it even smaller if you use the upper case character trick. However, Bit.ly is case sensitive, so you'll need to use a custom name and use only uppercase characters. For example http://bit.ly/MFAPPS or when you encode it HTTP://BIT.LY/MFAPPS I went ahead and created this for you and built the barcode using google charts - http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chs=150x150&cht=qr&chl=HTTP://BIT.LY/MFAPPS&choe=UTF-8 If you'll notice, it's a 21x21 matrix vs. your current 25x25, a roughly 30% savings. The Kaywa generator seems to throw in extra error correction, which is probably unnecessary for your needs. I wrote an article about this on my blog - http://squarepush.com/ps/2009/08/25/qr-code-size-and-uppercase-characters/ Actually you can make it even smaller if you use the upper case character trick.

However, Bit.ly is case sensitive, so you’ll need to use a custom name and use only uppercase characters. For example http://bit.ly/MFAPPS or when you encode it HTTP://BIT.LY/MFAPPS

I went ahead and created this for you and built the barcode using google charts – http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chs=150×150&cht=qr&chl=HTTP://BIT.LY/MFAPPS&choe=UTF-8

If you’ll notice, it’s a 21×21 matrix vs. your current 25×25, a roughly 30% savings.

The Kaywa generator seems to throw in extra error correction, which is probably unnecessary for your needs.

I wrote an article about this on my blog – http://squarepush.com/ps/2009/08/25/qr-code-size-and-uppercase-characters/

]]> By: QR Joe http://www.marcforrest.com/2009/08/21/making-qr-codes-smaller/#comment-11454 QR Joe Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:42:47 +0000 http://www.marcforrest.com/?p=664#comment-11454 Marc - Based on your interest in QR Codes you will want to join the LinkedIn Group CodeZ QR's One-to-one QR Communications. I too think QR is going to be part of our everyday lives soon and I think the world of 1to1 QR holds some of the greatest possibilities. Marc – Based on your interest in QR Codes you will want to join the LinkedIn Group CodeZ QR’s One-to-one QR Communications. I too think QR is going to be part of our everyday lives soon and I think the world of 1to1 QR holds some of the greatest possibilities.

]]> By: Johann http://www.marcforrest.com/2009/08/21/making-qr-codes-smaller/#comment-11372 Johann Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:19:44 +0000 http://www.marcforrest.com/?p=664#comment-11372 If you'd like even shorter URLs, you can use services like is.gd or ow.ly. Oh and BTW I have an own <a href="http://invx.com" rel="nofollow">QR Code Generator</a> that I find is easy to use. I hope you like it. If you’d like even shorter URLs, you can use services like is.gd or ow.ly. Oh and BTW I have an own QR Code Generator that I find is easy to use. I hope you like it.

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