My 2 beef(s) with Maclean’s Education site

This post is about 2 problems I have with Maclean’s Education site. They may apply to other parts of the Maclean’s site but I haven’t visited them for long enough to notice.

Before I mention them, keep in mind that I am aware Maclean’s most likely is not the only site which may be suffering from these. I guess I just wanted to pick on them tonight (or place whatever other rationalization makes sense for you). Without further ado:

1. FLASH ADS -> Yes. A lot of other sites have them. However it seems that only the ones on their site cause my laptop to go bonkers (read: fans start pumping out a lot of heat). I understand they’re nice and although I enjoy the idea of being able to read a Maclean’s article and roast a marshmallow by my laptop’s air duct, I just plain hate the noise the fans make (yes I’ve cleaned them, I just like them OFF better). I don’t see why normal ads don’t work, but I guess the ad content is only approved to display, not designed by your webmasters. [Oh and I know I can use a Firefox extension to turn them off but I don't need to give FF more reason to be bloated]
2. RSS FEEDS -> specifically those that don’t work. I enjoy reading blogs in my RSS reader. Call me old fashioned(or I guess that would be new fashioned…either way) but I like knowing a new post was made so that I don’t have to check the blog everyday. I’m just lazy like that. I contacted Joey Coleman about his feed and it’s up and working now. If you guys want I can take a look at Erin Millar’s and Tony Keller’s and see if I can figure out what’s wrong. Please get them working. Readers expect more from a publication like yours.

I’m not sure how you’d be able to solve the first problem I have. I guess trying to figure out why a flash movie which only displays one or two screens with no advanced transition seems to take so much processing power to display would be a start. The RSS Feeds, like I said, contact me and I’ll be glad to help you out. I’m not much of a webwiz but I can troubleshoot really well so I’m offering my services for the rest of your site too.

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