My biggest bugbear relating to this is the lack of a short text alternative for QR codes, especially with long URLs.
If the URL is too long to fit into a QR code, then it's also too long for me to type in manually!

[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 points 2 hours ago

eh, you can have pretty long strings already in QR code as compared to normal, just like WiFi passwords for example

[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I think I like an alternative that uses full words instead of a string of no sense symbols and mixed case letters.

Something like what What 3 Words does but for short URLs. That would be easy to convey and type

[–] 2910000@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That's a very good idea.
Beside the number of permutations it gives, another benefit of using three words is they could form the border of the QR code, with the fourth side being the domain name

[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Yessss