toot is the sound you make to draw attention to yourself. toot is a fruit that consists of little particles that make up a whole. toots belongs to a tree. toots is sweet. toot toot comes in different colours. No, really, what is this site?
tootlog What toot sounds like: hear it from the people behind this site
A few new features on Toot…
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…
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