We’re diving in this week with Category Navigation Menus and how UX metrics help test clarity, flow, and emotion in key shopping paths. The takeaway: when your nav carries business value, every label counts.
You’ll also find clips from David Pereira, who explains why real progress comes from focus, not feature count and how teams can escape the “feature factory” mindset. In our featured post, Anandarup Bhattacharyya shows how balancing UX debt and backlog keeps products user-focused and experiences smooth.
Bryan adds that identifying user needs is just the start, understanding behavior and testing assumptions turns insights into real impact.
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Stay curious.
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When your nav menu categories carry big business value, they deserve extra attention.
On the Category Navigation Menu Concept page, we show how to ensure your nav menu is getting the right reaction from visitors using Lululemon’s “We Made Too Much” category. The goal was to see if users intuitively connected this category with sales deals and how they feel about the unique phrasing.
This Concept page walks through how to evaluate clarity, flow, and emotional response in key shopping pathways, so your navigation helps users find more of what they want. Want to learn more or suggest edits? Let us know in the forum. |
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In my Glaringly Obvious conversation with David Pereira, we explored why so many product teams confuse speed with progress. David has spent years helping organizations move beyond the “feature factory” mindset, the trap of believing that shipping more automatically equals success.
We unpacked how real value creation starts not with what you build, but with what you choose not to build. Watch the clips and start thinking beyond the screen. |
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Thanks to all the great authors we linked above in articles: Andreas Johansson, Alice H., Christopher Wong, Anna Kaley, Karine Sabatier, Arda Aksoy, Rich Holmes, Merissa Silk, Chelsi N., Sophia Latache, Ward Andrews, Alicia Drinkwater, Karl Wiegers and Christopher Wynder, Ph.D.
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| BRYAN’S LINKEDIN POSTS
Bryan emphasizes identifying user needs is only the starting point, real understanding comes from observing behavior, immersing in communities, and testing ideas to uncover the unspoken “why” behind what people say.
Concept testing with UX metrics turns those assumptions into measurable insights, helping teams translate user intent into meaningful, validated product decisions.
→ Identifying user needs is just one part of making great products. |
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GLARE RELEASE NOTES
Small Glare Wiki updates this week! Streamlining functionality. |
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Navigation: Brought Search and Chat over to the Wiki’s nav.
- Redirection: To account for our daily updated Wiki, we’ve added an automatic redirection system to support page changes (like a standard CMS)
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Check out the full v0.9.9.9.8 Release Notes for all the details.
And thanks for being a part of the Glare ecosystem. Reach out in the forum if you have any thoughts or suggestions. |
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