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On the web page
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Whiteboards/External_web_banners
There are 6 "QR-Code" images.
What are they actually used for? The only thing I have seen similar to this is used with a cell phone to help download an image or app that will give you a coupon for the item that has this type of image on.
Since LO does work on cell phones, what are they made for? What will they give the user?
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Go and look here -
http://www.switched.com/2010/06/21/in-a-nutshell-
what-are-qr-codes/
Regards
IanW
Why don't you just try them ? 
They are links to the LibreOffice website.
Well, my phone is not "smart" enough to deal with these click-able images. I use Tracfone service which disables a lot of things, like GPS which my phone has the ability to do if they supported that service. But they really does a lot of reduction of services for their per-paid services.
So I cannot try them.
So, they will be linked to the LO web site. Good enough.
Will they be printed on "posters" like I see in stores?
It might be nice to have such a "poster" placed on community boards and college bulletin boards to be a "tech-ish" way for smart phone users to get info about LO.
Actually, how well does the LO site work on a smart phone, or an iPad or Android tablet? Since many of these have a reduced resolution width of image, it could be nice to have a version of the LO site that is meant to be viewed by a smart phone. I thing there is even a domain extension that was created for phones and such with limited screen sizes. .mobi? or something like that?
The wiki page you are referring to is whiteboard design section, which means
this is place where designers interested in LO developing may put some ideas
and get feedback from community. These are in no way official (approved by
OpenDocument Foundation) banners.
In other words: someone have created them for whatever reason and decided to
share them. These are not used by LO community in any consistent way - there
is no official interpretation of their meaning. Perhaps author had need of using
them, but when, why and how - we should ask him.
These codes point to LO download page. You can decode them using one of many
free online decoding tools, e.g.:
http://zxing.org/w/decode.jspx
Hope that helps
Yes, I know they are designed so people can look at them and discuss them. Then if there is enough interest, they may be used and may be approved by LO.
As for the my earlier reply, on the LO web site and smartphone/tablet viewing: I really think that people who do have phones and small tablets that can view web pages, need to test out LO's pages and see how well they work. My phone's browser not not view the LO site well at all. SO, it might be an idea to make in info page designed for small screen smartphones or small screen tablets. My LG500 phone has a 1.5 inch [2 inch diagonal] screen. My last "smarter" flip-phone browser was even worse.
It would be nice to have something that is very easy to read by these small screen devices.
webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:
On the web page
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Whiteboards/External_web_bannersThere are 6 "QR-Code" images.
What are they actually used for? The only thing I have seen similar to this is used with a cell phone to help download an image or app that will give you a coupon for the item that has this type of image on.
Since LO does work on cell phones, what are they made for? What will they give the user?
.
That link says they're for advertisin LO on external web sites. So, someone could point their camera at at their computer monitor that's displaying the QR code and be taken to a LO site.
as long as their camera can deal with them.
I tried, but mine will not.
webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:
as long as their camera can deal with them.
I tried, but mine will not.
Gee... That's a shame. I guess everyone will have to stop using QR codes, as your phone can't deal with them. 
I've used them a few times with my Google Nexus One. I just open up Google Goggles and it automagically recognizes the QR code and produces the URL it points to. I can then touch the URL to open up a browser on that site.
I do not think that is funny.
I wanted to know why and what for, not to have a pity party. I do not need a $200 phone, since I do everything I want on my desktop and laptops. Try getting a tablet or phone to include 3 TB of storage and able to print to 4 different printers at the same time. So I do not need to pay out for such a phone when I need other things, like 24 inch monitor and a second 2 GB drive.
If the LO site is liked by a smartphone QR code, then people needs to make sure that the phones that can use these images can read the LO site well. Not every one has a 7 or 10 inch display on a tablet phone. It needs to be read by the smaller screens, like Blackberry phones.
webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:
webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:
as long as their camera can deal with them.
I tried, but mine will not.Gee... That's a shame. I guess everyone will have to stop using QR codes, as your phone can't deal with them.
I've used them a few times with my Google Nexus One. I just open up Google Goggles and it automagically recognizes the QR code and produces the URL it points to. I can then touch the URL to open up a browser on that site.
I do not think that is funny.
I wanted to know why and what for, not to have a pity party. I do not need a $200 phone, since I do everything I want on my desktop and laptops. Try getting a tablet or phone to include 3 TB of storage and able to print to 4 different printers at the same time. So I do not need to pay out for such a phone when I need other things, like 24 inch monitor and a second 2 GB drive.
If the LO site is liked by a smartphone QR code, then people needs to make sure that the phones that can use these images can read the LO site well. Not every one has a 7 or 10 inch display on a tablet phone. It needs to be read by the smaller screens, like Blackberry phones.
I just tried those QR codes and they all take me to where I can download the Linux x86 version. The web site is quite usable on my phone, so yes they do work with a capable device. Since you choose to not have a smart phone, then you shouldn't expect yours to work with it. The display on my phone is about 3.6"
Hi,
I tried it on my iPhone and was able to read all 7 images. The first 6 images gave a long URL, this http://www.libreoffice.org/download/#362767682683527513512004853277341337175131170681512001768006853341341341341320000000010682682341341340170682522533427000000746938682981128252000001917085853346362682255043256259000001533341852676746938002683128000000001917085341
But the seventh image gave me a clean URL, this http://www.libreoffice.org/download/#362767682683527513512004853277341337175131170681512001768006853341341341341320000000010682682341341340170682522533427000000746938682981128252000001917085853346362682255043256259000001533341852676746938002683128000000001917085341>
Also, I have a very old mobile phone on which I can use the camera to read the QR codes.
The app I use is here. ( I am resident in Japan)
http://www.qrplus.jp/
http://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/qrapuri-lite/id329023192?mt=8
We have been using QR codes for many years, they even appear on TV commercials so people can quickly grab information. All posters have one, they are at stations for links to timetables, fliers that come in the door in fact, you can see them everywhere.
Howard