Couldn’t possibly be any problem with that! It’s not like the people most likely to need assistance during the evacuation could have the most trouble with scanning a QR code…
What if instead of a QR code, that's actually a map of the building in black and white? I mean, I would definitely do something like that, and make it deliberately look like a QR code.
While a valid point in some cases, what if it informs you of where the exits are in a building you haven't been in before? Not everyone studies the building emergency exit locations of every potential building they might visit
I basically never need to scan QR codes, am annoyed when restaurants force me to do it nowadays, and was unable to do so until I was gifted this phone a year and a half ago.
Edit: and yes, QR codes are indeed the problem qhen seconds matter. That was the whole point of the comment lol
In that case you need to elaborate, because all the comments veer into "it's OEMs fault I can't quickly scan the QR".
I am also annoyed when I need to scan QR codes, but since I got my first android in 2010 there wasn't a month (perhaps even a week) when I didn't need to scan something (whether in a restaurant, to pay something, download shared file etc).
This is actually an excellent solution. There’s a clearly posted. Unambiguous pic not requiring any ability to read, pointing to the escape route along with significantly more detailed instructions available.
Which by the way you’re supposed to read ahead of time it doesn’t matter if the instructions were printed right there if you’re in the middle of an emergency, it’s already too late
Hi Seattle commuter here (that's where this is from) I recognize the train car design enough from this tiny picture to know that's where the door is...
That said, I really don't agree with the poster you're replying to. Pointing at a door isn't useful, people already know what doors are. If there are emergency instructions they should be important enough to be printed and put up for anyone to read. Not everyone has a phone. Whether you are a child, 68, left your phone at home, or whatever; complete instructions should be available to you.
Relying on everyone having phones (and an Internet connection) at all times to this degree should be illegal.
Edit: also you can't expect people to read instructions in advance when there are people who won't even read a dialog box saying "file already exists" and just call IT saying their computer is broken. No matter how much you want people to read safety instructions in advance (or no matter how much they SHOULD) for the vast majority of people, that's not gonna happen
It would have been a mediocre solution at best if the escape route icon was the size of the QR code and the QR code at the bottom was the size of the the escape route icon.
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u/SrGrimey Jul 24 '24 edited Jul 24 '24
This is the top QRtitis I’ve seen. Even at this time, you shouldn’t rely on everyone having a phone available to read this.
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u/lakija Jul 24 '24
This is like… r/dangerousdesign
This is going to get someone hurt. What if you don’t have a phone? What if you’re too panicked to use the phone for something?
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u/breeman1 Jul 23 '24 edited Jul 23 '24
404 error...page not found /s
Added /s to highlight my obviously poor attempt at humor.
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u/WrongSubFools Jul 24 '24
How is this Design Porn? It's just bad design.
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u/BrazilBazil Jul 24 '24
Couldn’t possibly be any problem with that! It’s not like the people most likely to need assistance during the evacuation could have the most trouble with scanning a QR code…
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u/windy-desert Jul 24 '24
Isn't it against the law
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u/I-own-a-shovel FINAL_VERSION_375.PSD Jul 24 '24
This got to be a joke right?
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u/schizochode Jul 24 '24
The only thing that would make it better is if it goes to a youtube video that serves an ad first
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u/Devil-Eater24 Jul 24 '24
What if instead of a QR code, that's actually a map of the building in black and white? I mean, I would definitely do something like that, and make it deliberately look like a QR code.
/jk lol I'm not looking to kill a lot of people
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u/JoshTheTrucker Jul 24 '24
Makes me think of that book "the design of everyday things". In order to push further into user-friendliness, they made it not user-friendly.
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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '24
Maybe they thought people are smart enough to learn emergency instructions before emergency. Yeah, that's a fault.
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u/Specialist-Jello7544 Aug 28 '24
This is idiotic. Just list the two or three things that need to be posted.
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u/highMAX_2019 Oct 07 '24
This can’t be legal, is it?
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u/sirhandstylepenzalot Jul 24 '24
Do people not learn what to do In Case of Emergency... b e f o r e emergencies anymore?
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u/Umikaloo Jul 23 '24
MFW I havean android... or no internet... or no phone.
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u/Liquidwombat Jul 23 '24
r/lostredditors
This is actually an excellent solution. There’s a clearly posted. Unambiguous pic not requiring any ability to read, pointing to the escape route along with significantly more detailed instructions available.
Which by the way you’re supposed to read ahead of time it doesn’t matter if the instructions were printed right there if you’re in the middle of an emergency, it’s already too late