Excited about checking out the new release.... I am quite a fan of QR codes - they have the ability to be read "on the fly" = off shop windows, building entrances, exhibition stands, billboard signage - from close up to quite some distance. they also have the capacity to be great for virtual business card delivery, web addresses, delivery of documentation ( eg link to a hosted PDF ) - and instant "on-mobile" opening of prepared email sends, etc etc
The HUGE advantage for a hosted TW file delivering a tiddler QR code is the time saving in having all these options prepared IN A TIDDLER, then quickly converted to a QRCode.( a simple "create" tiddler - then QR code - then distribute. There is one desirable I would prompt - for times when the TW is hosted : Assuming a complete TW.html file is hosted at : 1234wxyz.com. Creating a tiddler "PurpleRain" would deliver that tiddler via URL - http://1234wxyz.com/#PurpleRain IF the QR code could create THAT ADDRESS - THAT is very convenient for online / hosted tiddlers that deliver : - embedded video or audio - embedded social media accounts - a customer to the URL for your website, order page or social media accounts - a text message - of thanks / directions / important information - a discount coupon / and invitation etc - an embedded Google Map wrapped within your business info on-page - your price list - additional product / service informatiom - a pocket offline edition of your website ( full TW file ) - "share' links to social media accounts to encourage co-propomotion ( especially as they are holding a phone / camera / comm-device! So, my question at the end of this is - can the links to an online delivery of both a complete TW file or an exported TW page ( tiddler ) be produced? cheers John On Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 12:01:16 AM UTC+11, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > > There’s been a rash of updates to v5.1.14 in the last 10 days, making it a > good time to have a look at the prerelease at > http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease > > I’d like to highlight the new QR code generator plugin (installed in the > prerelease so that you can try it out easily). I had little idea about QR > codes before the recent correspondence here on the mailing list, but am now > a convert. If you don’t have a QR code reader on your smartphone I’d highly > recommend installing one to play with the prerelease. > > Basically, QR codes can be used to transfer any block of text that isn’t > too long/complicated to fit. There are conventions for passing URLs, > contact information, wifi details etc., but there is complete freedom; one > can make a QR code of JSON if you want (actually a bad idea as the special > characters appear to compress badly). > > The QR code plugin adds a generic macro for generating a QR code from a > string, and also adds a couple of pre-built ways to use it: > > * A new view toolbar button that displays the current tiddler as a QR > code. You can choose from the URL of the tiddler, the raw text, or the > rendered text > * Example forms for generating QR codes for contacts, wifi and generic > codes > > Once I’d found the library, getting the plugin up and running was > surprisingly easy — I had the first operational version within 30 minutes > of starting work. A good illustration of the excellent returns on the > effort involved in integrating existing JavaScript components. > > There’s a full list of changes in the release note, but I’d highlight the > following bigger changes: > > * Extended search mechanism to require the search string to be a minimum > length > * New Hebrew translation, and preliminary support for RTL languages > * Improved access to plugin information: > ** New “Plugins” tab in the “More” sidebar tab, listing all installed > plugins > ** Better display of plugin tiddlers themselves, duplicating the gadget > used in control panel > * Fixed height of preview pane to use a scrollbar when fixed height layout > is selected > * Improved modals and notifications so that global macros are available > * Extended the SetWidget to allow a single result to be selected from a > filtered result list > * Added new $:/info/url/* information tiddlers providing document > location information > * Added several new filter operators for string encoding/decoding strings > according to HTML encoding, URI encoding, regexp escaping and JavaScript > string encoding > * Improved support for bulk loading tiddler files via tiddlywiki.files > Files within TiddlyWikiFolders > > I’d like to get v5.1.14 released in the next couple of weeks, so any > feedback/thoughts/questions are much appreciated at this point. > > As ever, thanks to everyone listed in the release note for their > contributions to this release. > > Best wishes > > Jeremy. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/3c577350-90be-402a-923c-006f7ed16225%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
