#9054: Automatically generate QR-Code -----------------------------+---------------------------- Reporter: dsjonny | Owner: axeld Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: R1 Component: System/Kernel | Version: R1/Development Resolution: | Keywords: qr-code Blocked By: | Blocking: Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All -----------------------------+---------------------------- Comment (by bonefish): Replying to [comment:7 dsjonny]: > I didn't know that this "few lines" generates an unusable qr-code. :( But I think the develpoer need to find some usable solutoin for the very end-users too. Because; like my mother never will know what is that error (and she also cannot read it, because cannot speak english...). As I know Haiku is not only for professional users, so need to find out some user- friendly solution. This is just my opinion... I would not recommend Haiku in its current -- alpha (!) -- state to end user. In a final product kernel crashes should virtually never happen. So I don't think it's reasonable to make KDL more end user friendly (we certainly shouldn't start localizing it or things like that). Regarding the main point of the ticket, as has been written before, the information density of QR codes isn't that good. Their main use is to relatively easily retrieve a text version of a stack trace (which is more convenient for developers to work with). I don't think they add much user friendliness for the people retrieving the stack trace. Due to the lower data density it even makes things worse, if the keyboard isn't working. I wouldn't mind a kernel setting and a boot loader option to enable automatic QR codes, but enabling them is not a good default IMO. -- Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/9054#comment:9> Haiku <http://dev.haiku-os.org> Haiku - the operating system.