Talk:FMenu

FMenu version 3.1 was released on January 17, 2010 and includes stability improvements, UI changes to keep up with site updates, and full Snow Leopard compatibility. Note that there are now separate downloads for users of 10.4 and everyone else.

It is now 2023 and Facebook's API has changed significantly such that this app no longer works. The way that people use Facebook has changed dramatically as well. Growl no longer exists. Perhaps one day this app will come back — or not.

If you have a bug to report or a suggestion that you want to make, first read what's already on this page, the archives, and the FAQ to see if your question has already been answered, and if not, click the + at the top of the page (next to the edit tab) and tell me about it! I will get back to you here and appreciate your feedback.

Thank you

Not a bug report (though mine's been disappearing too occasionally), but I want to thank you for this fantastic app. Now I can be sure to be distracted by Facebook at any time of day, without even opening my browser! Facebook really will cost me my degree!

Feel free to remove this; I just wanted to say thanks! smiler 08:16, 11 May 2007 (BST)

Thanks for the kind words. I really wish the crashes would stop, but I will integrate infinite sessions into the next release so that at least it won't be necessary to log into the app each time you start it up. lensovet 03:36, 11 May 2007 (EDT)

Bug reports & suggestions

Future Features

Not sure if this is feasible, but it would be fantastic if you could do things through the program, e.g. poke specified people. Or if that wasn't possible, it should be fairly easy to link to the relevant page - the /poke.php? bit makes that easy, right? Just a thought. --82.43.144.131 18:48, 12 February 2007 (EST)

This is definitely doable. I'm thinking of using keyboard modifiers for each action – for example, pressing option-enter instead of enter to send a message, ctrl-enter to poke, etc. What do you think? lensovet 20:47, 12 February 2007 (EST)

This is similar to the question above I think, but would it be possible to make the keyboard shortcuts usable without having to click on the menu icon ie. being able to open the quicklaunch panel (which i think is great) --70.158.150.128 15:24, 13 February 2007 (EST)

I really want this as well, so I will try to get it into the next release. It is definitely doable. lensovet 23:08, 12 February 2007 (EST)

You know what would also be super great, the ability to have the cursor automatically appear inside the QuickLaunch Panel when it is launched, and when you complete a search that the panel would disappear. Then my life would be complete. --Loudestnoise 16:51, 15 February 2007 (EST)

Also, possibly a Quicksilver plugin? that would be awesome. --82.43.144.131 04:45, 13 February 2007 (EST)

Updating status

It would be cool if you could update your own status using this program.

This would indeed be very cool, but unfortunately implementing such functionality is at this time against the Facebook API's Terms of Service. You should e-mail them at developers-help@facebook.com to let them know that you want such a feature so that they are aware of the interest. lensovet 16:57, 21 February 2007 (EST)

This is now possible with extended API functions and I will look into implementing it for the next release.lensove† 19:32, 18 April 2008 (EDT)

QuickLaunch Cursor

When using the QuickLaunch feature it would be amazing if when you either click on the menu item, or use the keyboard shortcut that the cursor appears within the text box. Reducing the use of the mouse or trackpad is always a nice thing. Additionally the ability to launch QuickLaunch without having to click on the FMenu icon would be amazing. If I could set a global OS X shortcut to do this or something. My life would be complete. Or perhaps some kind of quicksilver intergration with the QuickLaunch feature. Oh the possibilities. --Loudestnoise 17:14, 2 April 2007 (EDT)

Hey there, the text box should now gain focus as soon as the QuickLaunch panel gets focus as of the latest version (2.5). I'm still looking at implementing a system-wide shortcut for getting Quicklaunch to appear, however. Hopefully in the next version :) lensovet 01:49, 5 July 2007 (EDT)

Status Updates with Profile Pictures?

So, obviously, Growl shows the FMenu app icon in the notification. Would it be possible to change that icon (in the Growl notification) to the Facebook profile picture of the person the notification is referring to?

This wouldn't apply in all situations, but it would work amazingly well for status updates. (Can you tell I'm a Twitteriffic user?)

Also, personally, I don't care much for the "now" that is inserted in the status update messages. I think it throws off the flow of some updates, since people don't expect it to be there.

But seriously, this is an amazingly great app, and it's head-and-shoulders above the other amateur-ish work that's being done with the Facebook API. Thanks.

--Thomas Duesing--138.38.226.204 22:48, 13 May 2007 (EDT)

Thanks for the encouragement! I've just checked in a change that allows you to choose the phrase inserted into status update messages to be anything you want.

As for your other suggestion, it's definitely doable, but I think I'll hold off that for a bit. Currently I'm working on crash-proofing the app (and preventing memory leaks), ignoring bad results coming from the server, and supporting infinite sessions so you have to log in once...forever. I'm also adding upcoming events and groups to Quicklaunch. Look for a new release this week!

Thanks again. lensovet 02:03, 21 May 2007 (EDT)

The release is out and will let you change the phrase used in the notification as I mentioned. Using photos from friends' profiles is something I will look into for the next version. lensovet 01:49, 5 July 2007 (EDT)

Fmenu Greyed out?

Hi,

Just started to use your Fmenu menubar app, its great except that I cannot get it to work now. Heres the scenario. I added the app at work, and it ran fine. I then installed the app at home, again it worked a treat. After a couple of days I quit the app at my home and on restarting it, it now only displays a grey F logo, going to the login option does nothing except kind of make the menu item flash once. Ok I thought I can live without it at home. Now the same situation has happened on my work computer. Grey F Logo and no way to log in. I have removed the app, and re-installed but this did not solve the problem. I have looked for a preference file but a search for fmenu only reveals the applicaton. Is there a solution ? Is there a pref file I can throw?

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

Hey there, the preference file is actually net.lensovet.FaceMenu.plist, due to the program's older name. Try deleting that to see if the problem is resolved. lensove† 05:08, 11 October 2007 (EDT)

Hi! I've had the same problem as described above and tested to delete the preference file. After this, when opening the login window and logging in, the icon is still grey but the login window is showing my Facbook homepage.. Any solutions..??

Please download the latest version, 3.0, and let me know if this is still a problem...thanks!lensove†

New wall posts (rather than just the number?)

I was wondering if there was a way that new wall posts could appear in FMenu.

I know there's no API support for these in the same way that there is for a new message, but perhaps the number of posts you had when you last checked FMenu could be compared with the latest value? I don't know if this is possible, but it would be easier to see 123 posts (1 new) than remembering that you last had 122.

Thanks.

-Also, is there any way that only the new wall post # can be incorporated into the number that appears in the menu bar, rather than selecting wall posts and seeing 1860 (this might be the same as what previous commenter wrote)? This way if you had one new wall post, next to the Facebook logo, a 1 would appear.

Unsupported Architecture

When trying to update to 3.0 (downloaded from sourceforge via the link on this wiki) I get an error message that "You can't open the application "FMenu 2" because it is not supported on this architecture." I'm running on a recent Mac Book Pro.

The error message & quickview icon appearance are here: http://jeffmlr.net/images/error.jpg http://jeffmlr.net/images/quickview.jpg

Hi there, I have no idea why this happens but I did have one other report of this. Please make sure that you delete all other versions of FMenu from your machine, then redownload the file and try to drag it to your applications folder. Also, see if relaunching the Finder or restarting your computer solves the issue...sorry! lensove† 05:41, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

FMenu just does not work?

I have downloaded FMenu and Growl, but when i double-click on FMenu nothing happens. When I go to my Growl preferences, and go to the applications tab, I can't do anything on it, does that mean that I do not have an application that works with growl on my mac? I have a Macbook with OS X 10.5.3.