Definitions

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  • noun computing The quality of being clickable, of causing a particular action when clicked
  • noun manufacturing The ability of a foam to retain its original shape after cutting, without deformation or burrs

Etymologies

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c. 1970 (manufacturing), c. 1990 (computing) clickable +‎ -ity

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Examples

  • This trailer for Just Cause 2 coming March for PC, PS3 and XBox360 is cool... it's a choose your own adventure system using the clickability of YouTube.

    Just Cause 2 Trailer: Choose Your Own Adventure - UFies.org 2010

  • This trailer for Just Cause 2 coming March for PC, PS3 and XBox360 is cool... it's a choose your own adventure system using the clickability of YouTube.

    UFies.org: Gaming Archives 2010

  • This trailer for Just Cause 2 coming March for PC, PS3 and XBox360 is cool... it's a choose your own adventure system using the clickability of YouTube.

    UFies.org: January 2010 Archives 2010

  • Besides if clickability was the only issue you still got your image and shop name in the showcase.

    Is Etsy Ripping Off its Sellers? I, for One, Want My Money Back 2009

  • Yeah, I think clickability and interactivity more generally is indeed important.

    Experiments With TagPie - Freshblog 2006

  • “Textual links should be colored and underlined to achieve the best perceived affordance of clickability, though there are a few exceptions to these guidelines.”

    Bill Gates Mentions Weblogs, RSS in Speech « ResourceShelf 2004

  • There's also a clever title (for that clickability effect), content that can be quickly if not instantaneously grasped, something imaginative, a clean design, a cluster of early adopters … to name just a few possible factors.

    "BANPC" via James Bow in Google Reader 2010

  • The seriously large (around 500 megabytes) app is also chock-full of what one presumes is high-ticket advertising, and there's an interesting innovation here - the clickability of

    The Register 2010

  • - Fixed close button clickability problem after switching skin while maximized

    Betanews 2010

  • There's also a clever title (for that clickability effect), content that can be quickly if not instantaneously grasped, something imaginative, a clean design, a cluster of early adopters … to name just a few possible factors.

    "BANPC" via James Bow in Google Reader 2010

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