I get an email from Continental which allows me top pull up a barcode. However, the barcode needs to be a certain size else the scanner at the airport won't read it. The problem is I can't zoom the page as the zoom buttons which normall show up on the bottom aren't there. Is this a known OS issue because it seems to happen on other websites also. For example the google default search engine site doesn't zoom either. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Should I return the phone or is this something known?
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Airport Check-in with Android
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Trebor1990
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Hi Statilius, Welcome to the community!
just out of interest what phone/ browser are you using?
I also found that using the stock browser on my HTC Desire meant that whenever the browser decided that i didn't need to zoom in it didn't let me!
Try downloading Dolphin HD browser, that seems to do as it is told! here is the QR Code to scan.
just out of interest what phone/ browser are you using?
I also found that using the stock browser on my HTC Desire meant that whenever the browser decided that i didn't need to zoom in it didn't let me!
Try downloading Dolphin HD browser, that seems to do as it is told! here is the QR Code to scan.
aaronblisse
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pinch-zoom? (can you do that on Droid?)
otherwise I agree, save it and zoom in image viewer.
otherwise I agree, save it and zoom in image viewer.
kishengiggs1
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How do you save a website as an image?
CUTENESS2199
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BTW, pinch-zoom didn't work either in any of the three browsers.
Some websites are made fixed size, including Google's Mobile site. So you can never zoom in our out on the phone.
Barcode scanners are designed to read at a range of distances (which appear as different sizes to them - further away appears smaller). However, what the problem most likely is will be that barcode scanners are nearly always laser based (if you see red lights coming out of them, they're laser based). These rely on the barcode being made from a white reflective material (e.g. white paper) with black lines printed on it. The laser scans over the barcode and reflects off the white parts, and doesn't reflect off the black parts. These reflections appear as pulses of red laser light to the reader, and the pulses are converted into data.
This is completely different from an LCD screen. An LCD screen is shining a white light through liquid crystal filters which produce different colours. The laser will not reflect off the white parts of the screen any more or less than the black parts. It will reflect off the glass all the time, hence it won't work as there are no pulses to read being reflected back.
Some readers are optical in nature, and they do work. But the vast majority are laser based.
Barcode scanners are designed to read at a range of distances (which appear as different sizes to them - further away appears smaller). However, what the problem most likely is will be that barcode scanners are nearly always laser based (if you see red lights coming out of them, they're laser based). These rely on the barcode being made from a white reflective material (e.g. white paper) with black lines printed on it. The laser scans over the barcode and reflects off the white parts, and doesn't reflect off the black parts. These reflections appear as pulses of red laser light to the reader, and the pulses are converted into data.
This is completely different from an LCD screen. An LCD screen is shining a white light through liquid crystal filters which produce different colours. The laser will not reflect off the white parts of the screen any more or less than the black parts. It will reflect off the glass all the time, hence it won't work as there are no pulses to read being reflected back.
Some readers are optical in nature, and they do work. But the vast majority are laser based.
I know the barcodes that go to PDA can be zoomed. The first time I utilized the droid it worked, ever since it hasn't for some reason. I can only assume the new OS. I also know from the first time I went through security that it could not be read until it was increased in size. The security personel also told me that most people have to zoom into the image to have it read by the scanner.