Design Under Pressure, May 30, 2025

Join us for our first webinar on Wednesday, June 4 at 8 AM PT!

We’ll show you how to use UX metrics with Glare to make smarter, faster design decisions.

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Learn how much people want your product or service by combining how they feel with what they’re likely to do. Our newest UX metric, Desirability, measures the emotional appeal of your design and how strongly users are drawn to what you’re offering.

It looks at both gut reactions and thoughtful decisions, whether users feel a connection to your product, and if they’re likely to act. By combining signals like perceived value and visual appeal with actions like checking prices or signing up, Desirability helps you see if your product stands out in a crowded market.

In this update to our Glare framework UX metrics pages, we’ve created a new layout that explains what each metric is for and how it helps in product design. 

We’d love to hear what you think about the cleaner format!

→ Read more about the Desirability metric

INTERVIEWS


We posted part two of our chat with Menno Cramer, the Director of User Experience at OutSystems about his take on the future of user experience as it relates to AI and AI Agents. 

Check out the short video with highlights from our discussion.

→ Check out the video clip

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LINKEDIN POSTS


his week's featured post from Rounak Bose argues that usability and desirability shouldn’t be seen as opposites. Both are important for a great user experience. A product should work well and feel good to use. He suggests that users can get frustrated or lose interest if you only focus on one. 

Read more: Great UX blends how it works with how it feels.

BRYAN’S LINKEDIN POSTS


It wasn’t surprising, but still interesting, to read the comments on Dan Winer’s post about how designers view their role in tracking and understanding their impact (https://lnkd.in/gdmXjh3G). Dan’s point was clear that designers should be able to explain how their work changed behavior and why it mattered.

I agree.

→ Design changes how people behave.

GLARE FORUM

Eric Zwierzynski explores how moving from the typical ship-or-shelve decision-making to iterative approaches that move the team forward.

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GLARE RELEASE NOTES

💎 Glare v0.9.7: Expanding Our Roots, Powering Deeper Insights!

Building on our commitment to turn data into design clarity, Glare v0.9.7 marks a significant expansion in both our core capabilities and our ecosystem integration. We're focused on providing richer metrics, more robust tooling, and seamless ways to leverage Glare's power.

What’s new and why it matters:

Richer UX Metrics in Our Core Open Source Repo: We've enhanced Glare’s open-source heart! By adding Effort, Expectations, Satisfaction, and Comprehension metrics, we're equipping you with a more nuanced toolkit to understand the complete user experience.

Introducing the Glare Wiki – Your New Knowledge Hub: This week sees foundational work on our new Wiki. We're rolling out admin capabilities like page slug and user updates, alongside nested page functionality for better content structure. We're even migrating the Glare Landing page here, centralizing our resources.

Helio Embraces Glare Power: In a landmark move, Helio is officially migrating to use Glare’s open-source gem for all its UX metric calculations! This not only validates the robustness of our gem but also means Helio users will benefit directly from Glare's precision. To complement this, we're also improving UX Metric support within Helio's survey builder (beta), making it easier than ever to gather these crucial insights.

This release is all about strengthening Glare's foundation and extending its reach, ensuring you have the best tools to make informed, impactful design decisions.

Check out the v0.9.7 Release Notes

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