Faster News / Enhanced Weather Radar

[brian]

The News system has received a speed boost. Instead of loading the news every time you visit the page, it loads it on the server in the background. This trims off a few seconds to load the web page. News updates occur every five minutes... the news will never be old.

Weather radar changes have been implemented. The radar is now opened with a radar icon in the upper left of the weather system. The radar expands out with an enhanced topographical map. It will size down to your screen size, if necessary. You can also show and hide some of the layers, like: cities, rivers, counties, etc. This change has also been added to the detailed forecast radar section.

Other minor changes include better zip code resolution, and ensuring the radar image is more up-to-date.