[maemo-users] mbarcode trouble

[From: Brian Keck]

On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:52:09 +1100, Brian Keck wrote:
>snip
>Thanks ... that gives me the idea.  Tried harder to hold it still &
>tried a brighter light, but it just keeps scanning.  Ie seems not
>to recognize the scene as containing a barcode.
>snip

Feel it my duty to the list to expose my silliness once more.
Works fine once I got my brain in gear ...

1) hold the n900 so that the red line within the box intersects the
   whole width of the barcode (top & bottom of the barcode can be
   outside the box ... guess it just scans along the red line)
2) press & hold the camera button till it switches to the 'results'
   screen