Standard bar codes beware-smartphone users may prefer qr codes

Law Library Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 153-158

  Jackson, Darla W ^a,b  

^a OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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1. Jon Lutz, The Implementation ofQR Codes in an Academic Setting, presentation at the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) conference, Camden, N.J., June 24, 2010, abstract and video available at http://conference.cali.org/sessions/1090.
2. WOODY EVANS, BUILDING LIBRARY 3.0, at 79-80 (2009).
3. HIROKO KATO ET AL., BAR CODES FOR MOBILE DEVICES 51 (2010).
4. QR Codes Explained, QR CODE-TRACKING SERVICE, NEWS, VIDEOS, FORUM, Focus GROUPS AND MORE, http://www.qrme.co.uk/qr-codes-explained.html (last visited Nov. 10, 2010).
5. Id.
6. QR Code Generators Online, 2D CODE, http://2d-code.co.uk/qr-code- generators (last visited Nov. 10,2010) provides links to a number of code generators.
7. QR-Code Readers, MOBILE-BARCODES.COM, http://www.mobile-barcodes.com/qr- code-software/ (last updated Oct. 25, 2010) provides instructions and links for downloading readers.
8. Allison Mooney, Google Bets (Again) on QR Codes, ADVERTISING AGE (Dec. 7, 2009, 11:28 P.M.), http://adage.com/digitalnext/article?article-id=140932.
9. Andy Ramsden, The Level of Student Engagement with QR Codes: Findings from a Cross Institutional Survey 4 (University of Bath, Working Paper, 2010), available at http://opus.bath.ac.uk/19974/l/students-qr-codes-cross-ints-survey- 2010.pdf. Forty percent of the students sur-veyed had heard about QR codes, and nearly ten percent had used one in 2009. This result was a nearly fivefold increase from the previous year.
10. Id. at 2.
11. See Lutz, supra note 1 (video at approximately 3:30).
12. Mark Sullivan, SXSW Notes: QR Codes Are Everywhere, TODAY @ PCWORLD (Mar. 15, 2010, 12:52 P.M.), http://www.pcworld.com/article/191528/sxsw-notes-qr- codes-are-everywhere.html.
13. Microsoft tags have functions similar to QR codes. Microsoft uses a somewhat different pro-cess to produce its "High Capacity Color Barcodes, which are two-dimensional barcodes that can be quickly read on a mobile phone."
14. Brennon Slattery, Microsoft Tag: You're It, TODAY @ PCWORLD (May 28, 2010,12:24 P.M.), http://www.pcworld.com/article/197455/microsoft-tag-youre-it. html.
15. Leslie Meredith, Beyond the Barcode: QR Codes for Shopping, Discounts and More, TECHNEWSDAILY (July 7, 2010 3:13 P.M.), http://www.technewsdaily.com/ beyond-the-barcode-qr-codes-for-shopping-discounts-and-more-0820. While over 4000 characters may be hidden in a QR code, most phones don't have the resolution to read that many. As a result, QR code scans are usually limited to 250 characters. Rarely will a URL exceed 250 characters. Lutz, supra note 1 (video at approximately 3:50).
16. Marc Lyne, What Is a QR Code and Why Do You Need One?, SEARCH ENGINE LAND (Oct. 15, 2009, 2:07 P.M.), http://searchengineland.com/what-is-a-qr-code-and- why-do-you-need-one-27588.
17. Id.
18. Id.
19. Terrence O'Brien, In a Nutshell: What Are QR Codes?, SWITCHED (June 21, 2010, 2:30 P.M.), http://www.switched.com/2010/06/21/in-a-nutshell-what-are-qr- codes.
20. Id.
21. See Hend S. Al-Khalifa, Utilizing QR Code and Mobile Phones for Blinds [sic] and Visually Impaired People, in COMPUTERS HELPING PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS 1065 (Klaus Miesenberger et al. eds., 2008).
22. Such a suggestion has been made to businesses seeking product sales. Lyne, supra note 14.
23. Cheolho Cheong et al., Usability Evaluation of Designed Image Code Interface for Mobile Computing Environment, in HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION: INTERACTION PLATFORMS AND TECHNIQUES 248 (Julie A. Jacko ed., 2007).
24. See EVANS, supra note 2, at 81.
25. David Boike, QR Codes: The Lamest Thing to Never Reach Critical Mass, DAVID BOIKE'S BLOG (May 26, 2010), http://www.make-awesome.com/tags/qr-code.
26. Chris Coyier, Browser Detection Is Bad, CSS-TRICKS (Jan. 28, 2009), http://css-tricks.com/browser-detection-is-bad.
27. The First Rule of QR Codes, 2D CODE (Feb. 21, 2009), http://2d-code.co. uk/first-rule-of-qr-codes. The QR code appearing at the beginning of this column was optimized for mobile users using Google's mobilizer function, which is described in id.
28. For those that generate QR codes using tools on the web please keep in mind that many of the QR generators out there propagate spam and then redirect your users to your site, (collecting information about them first). If you use a QR generator, just be sure to use one that is known not to retain information or redirect users. John Gibson, Comment to QR Codes in Libraries, SPECTRUM > MOBILE LEARNING, LIBRARIES, AND TECHNOLOGIES (June 14, 2010, 9:55 A.M.), http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/2010/06/qr-codes-and-libraries.html. QRstuff.com is reportedly such a site. Gina Trapani, How to Make Your Personal QR Code, SMARTERWARE (Mar. 8, 2010, 9:11 A.M.), http://smarterware.org/5399/how- to-make-your -personal-qr-code.
29. There will be abuse⋯ of QR Code communication just as there has been in listservs and BBS systems and ⋯ even good old fashioned pen-and-paper suggestion box forms. But abuse of a medium is no reason, nor has it ever been a good reason, to throw out or block access to that medium full stop.
30. EVANS, supra note 2, at 83.
31. Id. at 75-77.
32. Sarah Glassmeyer, QR Codes, SARAH GLASSMEYER (DOT)COM (Oct. 10,2009), http://sarahglassmeyer.com/?p=220.
33. Lutz, supra note 1 (video at approximately 21:45).
34. Id. (video at approximately 18:30).
35. See, e.g., Marshall Kirkpatrick, Books Come Alive with QR Codes and Data in the Cloud, READWRITEWEB (May 27, 2010 10:33 A.M.), http://www.readwriteweb. com/archives/books-come-alive-with-qr-codes-data-in-the-cloud.php.
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41. Id.
42. Id.