glanceable
/ˈɡlɑːnsəb(ə)l/adjective
Denoting or relating to information, especially as displayed on an electronic screen, that can be read or understood very quickly and easily: the built-in apps offer glanceable forecasts for as many cities as you want a simpler, more glanceable interface...
- I would say 90% of the purpose of a smartwatch is to provide convenient, glanceable updates.
- The ability to view them in your Inbox stream makes your entire inbox glanceable.
- Behind the scenes, cobbling together this clean all-in-one glanceable dashboard was surprisingly complex.
Derivatives
glanceability
- Simplicity and glanceability are the keys here, so each card is usually composed of some fairly large text splashed onto a black background.
- Apps should offer important information at a glance and, so far, the stuff he's showing seems to have that "glanceability" nailed.
- The dashboards are presented using text and visual cues for easy glanceability, and configuration menus are also easy to navigate.
Origin
1950s (in the sense 'liable to invite a glance or glances'): from glance1.