Definitions

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  • noun advertising The ease with which a particular body of text can be read and understood by the target reader.

Etymologies

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scan +‎ -ability

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Examples

  • Left-justifies navigation menus increases "scannability" of the page, and enhances user's experience as visitors are able to find the navigation menus really quickly and easily.

    Search Engine Optimization and Marketing News provided by Cumbrowski.com 2009

  • Write for scannability: Make your pages easy to skim through and locate the key points of interest.

    SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 643 2009

  • The white space between lines in a paragraph makes all the difference when it comes to readability and scannability on a web page.

    doggdot.us 2009

  • What you need to look at is the white space above and below these headings, and how they influence the scannability of this post.

    doggdot.us 2009

  • The problem I see in this article, while I agree perfectly well with its intent, is that the designers at Newspond made the conscious decision, in terms of content, to show more information per article, then just a headine, whereas Hacker News has made the decision, in terms of content, to focus on scannability of headlines.

    Stopdesign 2009

  • … TechMeme's accuracy, clustering, timeliness and scannability make it an essential service …,

    Techmeme 2009

  • … TechMeme's accuracy, clustering, timeliness and scannability make it an essential service …,

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

  • In particular, the double-assert syntax you have here seems to me to hinder that scannability.

    you've been HAACKED Haacked 2008

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