595561 - hard code QR code for Read Later and Twitter Bar

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

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Description

[Caitlin Looney]

The following add-ons we'd like to add a QR code to their description field to test if people will use QR code as a convenient way to send add-ons to the phone.

Read Later: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/addon/144983/ 

TwitterBar: The QR code should appear on desktop add-on description, but should install the mobile add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/addon/4664/

If we can add copy:

TwitterBar desktop:
Want TwitterBar on your mobile Firefox? Scan this QR code with your phone to install it directly to your phone. (To scan the QR code, you must install a QR reader app to your phone. We recommend search for a free "QR Reader")

Read Later for mobile:
Send this add-on to your mobile Firefox. Scan this QR code with your phone to install it directly to your phone. (To scan the QR code, you must install a QR reader app to your phone. We recommend search for a free "QR Reader")

Let me know if you have any questions.

Comment 1

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

Where are the QR codes and what is your timeline?

Comment 2

[Caitlin Looney]

Here is the permalink to mobile twitterbar (to be place on desktop twitterbar description): 

<img src="http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=5&d=https%3A%2F%2Faddons.mozilla.org%2Fen-US%2Fmobile%2Faddon%2F4664%2F" alt="qrcode"  />

(image attached as well)

Comment 3

[Caitlin Looney]

Attachment: Mobile TwitterBar QR code

Comment 4

[Caitlin Looney]

Read Later permalink: <img src="http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=5&d=https%3A%2F%2Faddons.mozilla.org%2Fen-US%2Fmobile%2Faddon%2F144983%2F" alt="qrcode"  />

(image attached as well)

Comment 5

[Caitlin Looney]

Attachment: Read Later QR code

Comment 6

[Caitlin Looney]

We'd like to see the QR code hardcoding as soon as it's possible. It would be great to know when this might be reasonable to achieve on your end. Thanks for the update.

Comment 7

[Barry Chen]

http://github.com/chenba/zamboni/commit/abbf35520612326a784583e90eb7dec693064a14

Hardcoded the check for these two mobile addons in the addon details template.

The verbiage given by Caitlin is slightly different between the two addons ("Want TwitterBar on your mobile Firefox?" vs. "Send this add-on to your mobile Firefox."). I went with the first format.

See attached screen capture on what it looks like.  There's quite a bit of whitespace between the addon description and the image gallery if the description is fairly short.

Comment 8

[Barry Chen]

Attachment: screen capture of addon details page with QR code

Comment 9

[Justin Scott [:fligtar]]

Hey Barry,

Sorry, I just realized the codes above don't have download tracking codes which are what we need to figure out how many people are actually using the codes.

Can we swap out the images with:
Read Later: http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=8&d=https%3A%2F%2Faddons.mozilla.org%2Fen-US%2Fmobile%2Faddon%2F144983%2F%3Fsrc%3Dexternal-qrcode

TwitterBar: http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=8&d=https%3A%2F%2Faddons.mozilla.org%2Fen-US%2Fmobile%2Faddon%2F4664%2F%3Fsrc%3Dexternal-qrcode

As for styling, I think reducing the font size a bit and giving some padding around the text is all that's needed.

Thanks!

Caitlin, have we informed the developers of this test?

Comment 10

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

I agree the text is a little verbose.  Also, the grammar in the last sentence is wrong.  How about:

Want ____ on your mobile Firefox?  Scan this QR code to install directly to your phone.  (You'll need a QR reader.  Search your phone's marketplace if don't have one.)

If you don't like that, can you give us a new last sentence for the existing text?

Comment 11

[Caitlin Looney]

Great, thanks. The proposed copy is fine.

Yes, both developers are in the know.

Comment 12

[Barry Chen]

@fligtar Thanks for the tracking URLs. That makes more sense.  Although the images you linked are a little too large. :)

http://github.com/chenba/zamboni/commit/83b126ddd721a967476dbf406c5444e93cac2522

The images are now generated with the tracking GET param. They are smaller than the previous commit.  Made the suggested changes to the accompanying text.  See updated screen capture.

Comment 13

[Barry Chen]

Attachment: updated QR code addon details page

Comment 14

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

http://github.com/jbalogh/zamboni/commit/3596b9fd62fa48d07d29fd2c1002f255cb1bad18

https://preview.addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4664/

https://preview.addons.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/addon/144983/

Will go live Nov 9.  Thanks chenb.

Comment 15

[Justin Scott [:fligtar]]

This went live last Tuesday. So far, Reading Last has had no QR downloads and TwitterBar has had 1, which I think was me testing it.

I'll keep an eye on these over the next month or so to see if there's any improvement.

Comment 16

[Caitlin Looney]

Thanks a ton. At least we're learning something.

Comment 17

[Jeff Balogh (:jbalogh)]

How is this going?

Comment 18

[Justin Scott [:fligtar]]

Looks like 2-3 downloads a week from the QR code.

Comment 19

[Jeff Balogh (:jbalogh)]

(In reply to comment #18)
> Looks like 2-3 downloads a week from the QR code.

So are we going to expand or remove it?

Comment 20

[Caitlin Looney]

Doesn't seem like the best approach with that number. I think we can remove this as approach as a widespread option. That said, I wonder if there is any type of over-the-air approach we can look into a la Android Market apps.