Include a QR code Decoder into Thunderbird

[melolontha-melo]

From time to time I receive Emails from friends with QR-codes containing geolocations.

It would be great if Thunderbird would have an option to decode the content of such a QR-code, e.g. after hovering with the mouse over it.

A left mouse click on such a QR code should open the contained URI in the application set forth for the scheme in it, e.g.

• for https://... open the Web browser with the associated URL from the QR code,
• for mailto:.... start writing an email to the mail address from the QR code,
• for geo:... start the map application at the geo position given in the QR code.

a right mouse click should copy the QR code's content to the clipboard.

[Jon]

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[melolontha-melo]

Of course EPC-QR codes would be another application for QR codes in received Emails.

[melolontha-melo]

On Linux systems you might use zbar-tools to implement it. It also decodes DMC and other barcode types.