Rant - Why I hate QR codes.

They are awful, disgusting, annoying, messed up, bleeding to the eyes, insulting to even my favourite things that they get used for without reasoning, and also badly affect my taste in foods and drink, as if I'm tasting them. Don't you people not see or realise just how horrible they are? Of course you don't, not most of you anyway. For me it is the case. I've always seen them to be totally weird and gross for all these years since probably 2010 that they first showed up (I remember seeing the first one in my life on the Nintendo 3DS system's pre-installed  "Mii Maker" application which included such a feature, unlike the Mii Channel on Wii that did not have it at the early time, thankfully).

Honestly, what's so "good" about these new inventions anyway? And why do they have to be like the brethren of bar codes, which I'm personally more comfortable with otherwise because they don't look so "chaotic" (just simple lines) and have been around more longer? Before you folks might answer... Yes I know QR codes are everywhere, yes I know that they are designed to work as shortcuts to the internet using a phone camera, and yes I know that reality itself does not see them to be a problem. BUT, please see my position of truth rather - they do NOT look pretty at all, are just an abuse to things, and even I don't like their name being "QR" as well, as it just looks and sounds silly to me and the fact that it's also basically stolen from the alphabetical order of letters for some odd reason. Who in the whole world thought first of making this "wonderful" new invention over bar codes anyway? Just like who exactly was the person somewhere in the globe who made the internet in the very first place? Well?

Sorry, but this talk about QR codes I decided to share is a problem of mine and not meant to be treated as a joke in any shape or form. It's a real issue in my mental list. And don't try to make me feel worse than I already am since, well, one QR code has just got to me in upset right now. And this topic isn't targeted at other people or a specific person either, just a thing that I don't like, that's all. I get easily angry with seeing QR codes even occasionally or rarely, because that's how my mind views it, unfortunately. And besides I DID try scanning a QR code years ago the first time in my life, just to see how it works. That's it. So I don't need to do it again in all honesty, thank you. I only prefer the "original" method - manually typing a web address to visit a site. I am OK with that, every time. If you would say that's weird or tedious...then it's only your view, not mine. Let me do what I prefer, please.

Then again, no matter how clear information like this turns out... You people still won't get it anyway. (Or will one of you...?) I know I might be behaving strange, though, but this issue I shared still means well. I hate QR codes and that's final. I wished they never existed at all. I only prefer bar codes better.

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  • Actually there have been a number of attempts to produce two-dimensional barcodes that are more aesthetically pleasing. Like the Chrono visual cryptogram https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/PhotoTAN_mit_Orientierungsmarkierungen.svg

    fundamentally because it’s a 3-D barcode and not a 2-D barcode you can’t just have lines there has to be variation in information from top to bottom as well as left to right. You need to use both dimensions in order to fit as much information as possible. But it doesn’t have to be black and white squares it just happens that’s one of the easiest forms to implement.

    Black and white means you don’t need a colour camera which is more expensive. If you want to use every inch of paper to display data you really got the choice of squares, triangles or hexagons, regular polygon that tessellate the plane.

    some companies do render QR codes artistically. Giving the black sections slightly rounded corners. Most decently Hi-Rez QR readers can cope with this. But it does slightly increase the needed resolution to scan the code.

    Microsoft had a code of coloured triangles, there’s a code that looks like a grid of dots. 

  • No no no...that's nothing interesting to me as you might think. Look at what my mum here mentioned - my mind is indeed unable to cope with a lot of "normal" things in life. But for many average people...sure, go along with it. Easy as that. XD :/

  • You do indeed struggle AF, but Peter has provided a good lot of info which others may well appreciate - I know I've learned something today!

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