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==What is Scan-ability?== | ==What is Scan-ability?== | ||
[File:Banner-blindness-examples.jpg|thumb|Scanability demonstrated in an eyetrack study, found in Jakob Nielsen's article about Banner Blindness] | |||
===Definition=== | ===Definition=== | ||
Scan-ability refers to the capacity text has to be scanned by readers. Writers of digital media must pay special attention to scan-ability because readers of digital writing are known to be easily distracted, impatient, and unwilling to read huge blocks of text. | Scan-ability refers to the capacity text has to be scanned by readers. Writers of digital media must pay special attention to scan-ability because readers of digital writing are known to be easily distracted, impatient, and unwilling to read huge blocks of text. | ||