Latest spot age at a glance

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Update,

Dashboard simplifies the "Updated" and "Spot age" indicators with easier to understand values.

(new view)

The "Updated":

• eliminates the date (it's today)
• calculates how long until the next update, refreshed each minute

The "Spot age":

• used to calculate (time now) - (timestamp of the latest regular message)
  • this is annoying because it's always at least 5 minutes old
    • (because we have to wait to receive it)
• this is now changed to something easier to understand -- "Since last seen"

The "Since last seen":

• shows you how many minutes ago a search was performed that found a new spot
  • if you're under 10 minutes old, your spots are current
  • if you're over 10 minutes old, missing spot
• updated each minute
• also eliminates the "0 days, 0 hours, ..." prefix if all zero durations

Basically the change is meant to

• reduce visual clutter
• make the values directly useful, no mental math required

Thanks.

Doug