Mobile browser barcode reader

[Guest gillbee]

Is there any way of reading a barcode from your mobile browser? I'm sure I'm missing something here. Every time I find a barcode while browsing on my phone I then have to open the same web page on a desktop / laptop so I can snap it with the barcode reader on my phone.

I'm probably just being stupid but can I get my phone browser to read the barcode? Do any browsers offer this as a plugin?

Thanks for any help.