I really really hate QR codes.
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I really really hate QR codes. But a lot of people really like them. And they're useful during a talk for the people who really like them (I'm also including the text of the link, though, dammit!)
But... I have never done this before, and a lot of the "free QR code generators" look kind of scammy and I don't want to give people weird viruses or spam. So... fediverse, help!
EDIT TO ADD SOLUTION: within like 2 minutes https://zxing.appspot.com/generator
I love you, fediverse.
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I really really hate QR codes. But a lot of people really like them. And they're useful during a talk for the people who really like them (I'm also including the text of the link, though, dammit!)
But... I have never done this before, and a lot of the "free QR code generators" look kind of scammy and I don't want to give people weird viruses or spam. So... fediverse, help!
EDIT TO ADD SOLUTION: within like 2 minutes https://zxing.appspot.com/generator
I love you, fediverse.
@sundogplanets
My main go-to on Linux is `qrencode`. Wholly local, yet it requires the use of the command-line and installation is OS-dependent (see “Libqrencode is ported to (…)” at the bottom of the project page).Project webpage https://fukuchi.org/en/works/qrencode/
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I really really hate QR codes. But a lot of people really like them. And they're useful during a talk for the people who really like them (I'm also including the text of the link, though, dammit!)
But... I have never done this before, and a lot of the "free QR code generators" look kind of scammy and I don't want to give people weird viruses or spam. So... fediverse, help!
EDIT TO ADD SOLUTION: within like 2 minutes https://zxing.appspot.com/generator
I love you, fediverse.
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@hallvors AMAZING
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I really really hate QR codes. But a lot of people really like them. And they're useful during a talk for the people who really like them (I'm also including the text of the link, though, dammit!)
But... I have never done this before, and a lot of the "free QR code generators" look kind of scammy and I don't want to give people weird viruses or spam. So... fediverse, help!
EDIT TO ADD SOLUTION: within like 2 minutes https://zxing.appspot.com/generator
I love you, fediverse.
@sundogplanets heh--they are also a prompt for everyone to immediately pull out their phones and become distracted by whatever notifications they're met with...
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I really really hate QR codes. But a lot of people really like them. And they're useful during a talk for the people who really like them (I'm also including the text of the link, though, dammit!)
But... I have never done this before, and a lot of the "free QR code generators" look kind of scammy and I don't want to give people weird viruses or spam. So... fediverse, help!
EDIT TO ADD SOLUTION: within like 2 minutes https://zxing.appspot.com/generator
I love you, fediverse.
I see, your problem is already solved, but I find the command line tool 'qrencode' (in all major repositories) the easiest one:
qrencode -o qr.png 'https://berlin.social/@mina' yields to
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@sundogplanets https://trashrobot.net/qrcode.html enter url to get code. No tricks no tracking.
@sundogplanets (I generally just screen shot the browser and trim the screenshot so the human readable url is visible in the image so people can see there's no funny business)
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I really really hate QR codes. But a lot of people really like them. And they're useful during a talk for the people who really like them (I'm also including the text of the link, though, dammit!)
But... I have never done this before, and a lot of the "free QR code generators" look kind of scammy and I don't want to give people weird viruses or spam. So... fediverse, help!
EDIT TO ADD SOLUTION: within like 2 minutes https://zxing.appspot.com/generator
I love you, fediverse.
@sundogplanets a lot of them include a url shortener which makes for simpler QR codes that scan more easily... I always used bit.ly in the past, it was fine, and gave some useful stats. But it has been a long while and I got my own shortish domain so just started using local software instead. If you just want straight up QR code generation then QR Code Monkey works fine too IIRC.
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I really really hate QR codes. But a lot of people really like them. And they're useful during a talk for the people who really like them (I'm also including the text of the link, though, dammit!)
But... I have never done this before, and a lot of the "free QR code generators" look kind of scammy and I don't want to give people weird viruses or spam. So... fediverse, help!
EDIT TO ADD SOLUTION: within like 2 minutes https://zxing.appspot.com/generator
I love you, fediverse.
@sundogplanets your web browser should be able tongenerate a QR code for whatever page you are viewing...nothing special needed.
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@sundogplanets For things like text & URLs duckduckgo can create QR codes by searching for "qr code <text/URL>"
@paddi @sundogplanets holly crap that's so useful, I didn't know that and I've been using the duck as my default for years now
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I really really hate QR codes. But a lot of people really like them. And they're useful during a talk for the people who really like them (I'm also including the text of the link, though, dammit!)
But... I have never done this before, and a lot of the "free QR code generators" look kind of scammy and I don't want to give people weird viruses or spam. So... fediverse, help!
EDIT TO ADD SOLUTION: within like 2 minutes https://zxing.appspot.com/generator
I love you, fediverse.
@sundogplanets Here are three unencumbered (and open source) tools that I regularly use:
Web-based one, provided by @Framasoft :
https://omnitools.framatoolbox.org/image-generic/qr-codeAndroid application:
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.atharok.barcodescanner/Linux command line (available in most distros packages directly):
https://github.com/fukuchi/libqrencode -
I see, your problem is already solved, but I find the command line tool 'qrencode' (in all major repositories) the easiest one:
qrencode -o qr.png 'https://berlin.social/@mina' yields to
BTW: I also had a question today, and it was also instantly solved by my bubble.
This is, what the internet was supposed to be. Lovely people helping each other.
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I really really hate QR codes. But a lot of people really like them. And they're useful during a talk for the people who really like them (I'm also including the text of the link, though, dammit!)
But... I have never done this before, and a lot of the "free QR code generators" look kind of scammy and I don't want to give people weird viruses or spam. So... fediverse, help!
EDIT TO ADD SOLUTION: within like 2 minutes https://zxing.appspot.com/generator
I love you, fediverse.
@sundogplanets mr-qr.com has many options and so far just have me out what i put in
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I really really hate QR codes. But a lot of people really like them. And they're useful during a talk for the people who really like them (I'm also including the text of the link, though, dammit!)
But... I have never done this before, and a lot of the "free QR code generators" look kind of scammy and I don't want to give people weird viruses or spam. So... fediverse, help!
EDIT TO ADD SOLUTION: within like 2 minutes https://zxing.appspot.com/generator
I love you, fediverse.
@sundogplanets https://github.com/revk/QR is quite versatile
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I really really hate QR codes. But a lot of people really like them. And they're useful during a talk for the people who really like them (I'm also including the text of the link, though, dammit!)
But... I have never done this before, and a lot of the "free QR code generators" look kind of scammy and I don't want to give people weird viruses or spam. So... fediverse, help!
EDIT TO ADD SOLUTION: within like 2 minutes https://zxing.appspot.com/generator
I love you, fediverse.
@sundogplanets I've used the qrencode tool to make qr codes. It's available for Linux and Mac (via homebrew).
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I really really hate QR codes. But a lot of people really like them. And they're useful during a talk for the people who really like them (I'm also including the text of the link, though, dammit!)
But... I have never done this before, and a lot of the "free QR code generators" look kind of scammy and I don't want to give people weird viruses or spam. So... fediverse, help!
EDIT TO ADD SOLUTION: within like 2 minutes https://zxing.appspot.com/generator
I love you, fediverse.
@sundogplanets LibreOffice has one built in too.
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@hallvors AMAZING
@sundogplanets @hallvors and to verify it didn't tamper with the URL:
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@sundogplanets LibreOffice has one built in too.
I was going to mention this too.
And as a bonus. Using LibreOffice means you can avoid Microsoft Copilot 365 app
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I really really hate QR codes. But a lot of people really like them. And they're useful during a talk for the people who really like them (I'm also including the text of the link, though, dammit!)
But... I have never done this before, and a lot of the "free QR code generators" look kind of scammy and I don't want to give people weird viruses or spam. So... fediverse, help!
EDIT TO ADD SOLUTION: within like 2 minutes https://zxing.appspot.com/generator
I love you, fediverse.
@sundogplanets there is also an easy qr code generator as an add-on to mozilla firefox
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I really really hate QR codes. But a lot of people really like them. And they're useful during a talk for the people who really like them (I'm also including the text of the link, though, dammit!)
But... I have never done this before, and a lot of the "free QR code generators" look kind of scammy and I don't want to give people weird viruses or spam. So... fediverse, help!
EDIT TO ADD SOLUTION: within like 2 minutes https://zxing.appspot.com/generator
I love you, fediverse.
@sundogplanets
The main problem I have with QR codes is how opaque they are. For any given code:
-Who generated it and is it therefore trustworthy (tw).
-What other sites does the code transit while in use? The generator could be tw but are the cdns used equally tw?
-Is malware, phishing, or data harvesting injected along the transit chain?
-How do you *really* know where your browser is going before you use the qr code?
For me using a qr code in general is asking for id theft.
