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@phila leading and introducing himself as working in barcodes
comparison of embedded URL with different visual features - how about adding a QR code - intuitively doesn't make sense, but perhaps semi-secure QR relates to NFC tag - leading to a one time cryptographic key
asking why people are here
answer: from web payments group - may be more a secure way to use "x" (maybe QR) to go from device to device to complete transaction
also: is anyone working on putting QR codes on the web - chain of conversations leads to this session
may be other ways to hand off to another app except QR - but what are they - and is QR viable
<TabAtkins> https://
<TabAtkins> ^^^ API for recognizing a qr code out of an image
potential for web apps to do this - suggestion that there is a way to detect QR and pass it automatically - from image or video stream - no one knows what it's called but certain it exists
Nick from 1password and group - if need to tokenize from QR - and give different options for intent of app / link goes elsewhere rather than browser / OS is complicit to make things seamless
invite user to take action - give them an element - is it better as QR than a link
<TabAtkins> https://
two functions - replace link with QR - or create new image format that makes image from link
javascript API can recognize a variety of barcodes
may be solved already - CSS
are there other use cases?
in addition to web payments
yes - verifiable credentials
generally assume when using QR that the user action is pretty limited
add - barcode as a way to bridge an airgap
and also - un-airgap it - save it for later
<TabAtkins> a.qrcode { content: qrcode(...params..., href); }
ACTION: is changing a link to a barcode - not extracting a link from barcode
"pay with google maps" - as a demo proxy for how method being discussed would work - click link on device to open maps - or scan QR with mobile and maps opens on mobile
<vasilii_> TabAtkins, what is the css function for qr code?
<TabAtkins> @vasilii_ doesn't exist yet, but I imagine it'll look like `a.qrcode { content: qrcode(...params..., href); }`
<TabAtkins> (that's for replacing the contents of an <a> with a qrcode for its link)
<TabAtkins> (I'll just need to talk with someone with expertise in the area to figure out exactly what params need to be offered.)
<vasilii_> Ack, got it. Thanks!
what happens with text that isn't a URL? discussion follows - we don't know
we are finding differences between whether long press directs to the URL in a QR code - safari does it
be good to have an easy way to generate QR from link - less complicated than at present
maybe: selector for what to do with QR code info v pre-selected
Thanks!