title: QR code ruining hash link with special character encoding
body: <p>Using a jquery plugin called jquery.qrcode and a qrcode scanner called AT&amp;TCodeScanner on an iPad, my hash links get their special characters encoded into something else, therefore ruining the hash. I wasn't sure if this was a problem with the nature of QR codes itself, so I posted it here. In the event it isn't, I am willing to delete this and move it to Super User.</p>
  
  <p>The following code successfully generates a QR code. However, when I scan it on AT&amp;TCodeScanner with an iPad, all the special characters after the hash tag get the equivalent of encodeURIComponent() done to them ("#" => "%23", "=" => "%3D, etc), messing up the hash links. See the bottom of the page for the actually scanned link.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;div class="qr-3 qr-code"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  
  &lt;script&gt;
  $(document).ready(function() {
  
        $(".qr-3").qrcode({
          render: 'image',
          size: 86,
          fill: '#000',
          text: "http://www.google.com/search?tbm=shop&amp;gws_rd=ssl#tbs=vw:l,mr:1,local_avail:1,seller:1311674%7C8740%7C1192406%7C9119074%7C3136905&amp;q=lre3083st"
        });
  });
  &lt;/script&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbm=shop&amp;gws_rd=ssl%23tbs%3Dvw%3Al%2Cmr%3A1%2Clocal_avail%3A1%2Cseller%3A1311674%257C8740%257C1192406%257C9119074%257C3136905%26q%3Dlre3083st" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/search?tbm=shop&amp;gws_rd=ssl%23tbs%3Dvw%3Al%2Cmr%3A1%2Clocal_avail%3A1%2Cseller%3A1311674%257C8740%257C1192406%257C9119074%257C3136905%26q%3Dlre3083st</a></p>