[whatwg] input type=barcode?

Kornel Lesiński kornel at geekhood.net
Wed Aug 3 15:40:34 PDT 2011


On Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:26:41 +0100, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage at gmail.com>  
wrote:

>>> What do you think?
>>
>> Implementing this seems rather complicated for such a niche use. It also
>> seems better to let sites handle this by themselves so these physical  
>> codes can evolve more easily.
>
> It actually seems relatively useful, given that I use the
> barcode/QRCode reader in my phone quite a lot.

Niche needs + inter-app communication sounds like something Web Intents  
could do (http://webintents.org).

-- 
regards, Kornel Lesiński



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