lilqr
Dev tools
qr code generator
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
13 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 39 comments about the project. Thread score +0.20.
Idea: 8 for, 3 againstExecution: 2 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
Objections
Unclear what QR codes are for or why a page would link to itself
From 3 comments
I think you need a little more instruction. What does this do? My first thought was that it would generate a QR code for any string you provide, through url hacking. (i.e…
LoonyPandora on HNYes, but what the hell is a QR code? Hehe. Or rather, why do I want one? I have no idea what this is used for. I'm 1/5th of the way down http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code and…
palish on HNWhat is the poing of having a QR-code of a page in the page itself?
aristidesfl on HN
Lacks documentation and customization such as sizes and custom URLs
From 2 comments
Great way to jump on QR trend. Amazingly simple implementation. Would be nice to have some way to put in the URL on a page and have it generate PNGs of different sized codes,…
brk on HNAny chance you could add an option to create a QR code based on a link entered? e.g. would like to create one for my Linked in page
rakkhi on HN
Requests
Custom URL parameter to encode a different link
From 1 comment
You could also add an optional GET param that allows the user to override the url for which a QR code is generated (so ?url=... would override the default functionality of…
jiaaro on HN
Multiple sizes and print formats
From 1 comment
Great way to jump on QR trend. Amazingly simple implementation. Would be nice to have some way to put in the URL on a page and have it generate PNGs of different sized codes,…
brk on HN
HTTPS support
From 2 comments
That parameter would also be useful and needed for https urls - browsers aren't supposed to pass those along as referrers.
pronoiac on HNAnyone else have an issue with this generating a url for ssl? All of mine resolve to lilqr.com. Http works fine though.
elb0w on HN
Questions
How does caching interact with the image URL
From 2 comments
One problem you're probably going to run into is caches (especially caching proxies) ignoring your nocache header, causing users to see the wrong QR code. A standard way to avoid…
randomwalker on HNPretty cool. One downside I see of the easy way of integration (as opposed to having to use a site-specific URL) is that the browser cache cannot be used (and as expected, the…
atuladhar on HN
Alternatives named
Google Chart API QR generator
From 2 comments
Clever implementation! For anyone looking to do larger/smaller/different data, the Google Charts interface works well:…
matthew-wegner on HNThis is very cool, and through this thread I discovered the Google Chart API for creating QR codes. Here's my snippet that does kind of the same thing you're doing: <img…
megamark16 on HN
miniqr.com
From 2 comments
try http://miniqr.com/ (with API) qr codes with png, doc, pdf support
bauchidgw on HNor http://miniqr.com/
bauchidgw on HN
qrcode.kaywa.com
From 1 comment
http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
icebraining on HN
SmallQR
From 1 comment
As with many things it has already been done I am afraid. http://www.smallqr.com/magic :-)
alistair_uk on HN