My ad blocker just blocked you. On Oct 26, 2017 8:44 PM, "Brian Webster" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The National Weather Service has a widget and not an app. Lightweight and > does the job, uses a lot less data loaded ads and such from others. They > call it a widget because for some reason they are not allowed to have an > app under some rules. In any case I have used the android version and it > works nice, just what I need it to. It’s called NWS Now > > > > Thank You, > > Brian Webster > > www.wirelessmapping.com > > www.Broadband-Mapping.com > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mike Hammett > *Sent:* Thursday, October 26, 2017 9:59 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good Weather App/site > > > > I'm morally opposed to most ad blockers. Any other business that > advertises should be as well. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Eric Kuhnke" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Thursday, October 26, 2017 3:33:08 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good Weather App/site > > people still browse without ublock origin? > > > > https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/ > cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en > > > > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 1:25 PM, George Skorup <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I haven't noticed too many problems with the Android app. Once you start > the radar loop, it does take a few seconds to buffer some frames. > > OTOH, the website is a piece of shit. Ads galore. Those alone are half the > loading time. Waiting on Google Analytics this, DoubleClick, that. It > reminds me of the ePMP GUI before they made it not need 16 CPU cores and > 128GB of RAM anymore. > > > > On 10/26/2017 10:21 AM, Nate Burke wrote: > > I've used Wunderground for years, but their recent updates have basically > broken things. The Droid App no longer correctly displays the radar. It > sometimes won't update, or only displays a few frames of animation, or only > loads part of the radar overlay. On a PC, their site now takes 10-20 > seconds to load, and at least for me, the Wundermap keeps sending me to the > radar in LA, and uses the CPU Resources of a small computing cluster. And > even then still doesn't load correctly. > > What else is out there that gives good Radar loop and 7-10 day local > forecast. I don't care about other things like 'click here to see the > worlds 7 worst storms that have trapped kittens who are rescued by lemurs' > like weather.com seems to think is the most important reason you go to > their site. > > > > > > >
