Just when I thought that maybe Toot’s website stopped evolving, I noticed this week a few minor changes that made a huge difference. Particularly the new tags (hot, naughty, etc…) I find to be very successful, and pretty. The link to the next page is fresh, contrasts just enough versus the homepage in terms of colours and layout, and has two features which I really like: icons are smaller and less distracting, and the title of the blog is larger than the blogger’s nickname. —I think we have room to render more dynamic the grid on the homepage, and want to experiment with along these lines.

There’s a funny thing about websites. In general, the websites I visit are remarkably static in their design, and also remain quite committed to maintaining it’s basic frames. Why not do what the posh NY or London vitrines do, with monthly revamps, completely adventurous layouts, experimental forays. We have a loyal community, and we can take some risks…

I am in the midst of a similar debate regarding another website I am distantly involved in, www.olivoice.com, which only has a “Coming soon page” at the moment but has been up for a week now. I protested, why hasn’t it’s colours changed, why don’t we move around the frames, why not alter the slogan, etc… It’s just been a week, I know, and such changes are not as trivial, either. But…

The best part about the Arab blogging community is that you get MANY different opinions on various things.

Even about burgers that consist of “a thick and juicy burger topped with sharp cheddar cheese and placed in between each side of a Krispy Kreme Original Glazed doughnut.” Yes. Really. Together.

According to Jordanian blogger Jameed, “This is simply absurd! Mating a doughnut with a burger should be outlawed by health officials, and that’s coming from someone who used to dip Sinckers bars in Nutella.”

Meanwhile, Lebanese blogger Mark over at 2:48 AM [The B-Sides] thinks otherwise, saying, “Wow this sounds like something I would love.”

Superb. Personally, I wouldn’t rule this out until I’ve tried it.

toot just finished adding tags to what’s tooting like brilliant, hot, freaky, exciting, funny… Who decides what is what? the tooticator, and that’s Roba who selects our daily what’s tooting and tootreads!

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Wael, what happened to your idea of running a design contest?

Microsoft has added to Windows Live seach capabilities. Window Live Search Beta is quite cool. But the coolest thing for us at toot is that when you search for the word “toot” we appear #1 in the search results, unlike Google and Yahoo! trat ta ta! bom ba la la!

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