I had a similar situation, where we needed to track personnel for a specific event. We gave out id cards with only a bar code, no other identifying marks. The scanner would check them in/out with one swipe, and it was fast. The only people that could relate the bar code to a person were the people that managed the accounts.
the site for the event was a single page with a text box that the bar code scanner placed the output in. after the scan was complete, the page would auto submit, and flash a message. I don't have access to the source, but I used jQuery, and an auto submit function Jason On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Stefano <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah thats an idea. I will look into that. The thing is it really has > to happen in max 30 secs. Even getting somebody to log into an account > with email, password in 30sec is close to impossible. at least not > reliably. > > > On Jul 8, 10:26 am, Rafal Zdziech <[email protected]> wrote: > > What about kind of interface where users would choose between male/female > > date of birth? Quick and easy and it is not complicated! > > On Jul 7, 2011 9:56 AM, "Stefano" <[email protected]> wrote: > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.

