Talk:FMenu

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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

FMenu and Growl notifications

Great app, but a couple of suggestions.

1. It would be nice if you could click on the Growl notifications and be taken to the relevant page, e.g. if my friend updates a status and I click, it goes to her page or if someone posts on the wall, it takes me there.

2. The menu icon should also indicate whether people have posted or not. Perhaps by colour or counter?

1. Thanks! The first one is definitely something I will be looking into, hopefully soon.
2. As for the second one, I'm not exactly sure what you mean. What do you mean by "whether people have posted"? Posted what? Wall posts? Please clarify...thanks again! lensovet 14:47, 11 February 2007 (EST)

Basically, I think the Fmenu icon should have status indications. So if someone posts on your wall, it would be nice to have a number or something appear by or on the icon to let you know.

I see, so you want the updates to happen not only through Growl, but also through some change in the icon, correct? This can be set in the preferences for the unread messages, unseen pokes, upcoming events, friend requests; i figured the wall post counter would not be of much use since most people probably have hundreds of posts, but I can definitely add it if you think it will be useful. lensovet 22:26, 14 February 2007 (EST)

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)

How about auto updates? I'm pretty sure theres a cocoa plugin which helps with that (Adium, cyberduck and others use it) --212.85.20.100 04:14, 14 February 2007 (EST)

Yes, it's called Sparkle, but the setup for it is a bit intensive. It will happen eventually though. lensovet 11:55, 14 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)

Random Quitting?

So during normal usage of my computer I will look up to the menu bar only to see that FMenu is missing. I never quit it, but it just disappears from my menu bar. Loudestnoise 20:12, 27 February 2007 (EST)

Does quicklaunch remain visible or no? If not, then that means that FMenu is crashing. Otherwise, it could be that just the icon is disappearing. Which is it? thanks... lensovet 23:03, 27 February 2007 (EST)

I'm not sure what you mean by quicklaunch remaining visible. The icon just disappears and according to activity monitor nothing named FMenu is running. Loudestnoise 01:09, 2 March 2007 (EST)

So yeah, it's crashing. Is it still happening on a regular basis, or did it just happen once? lensovet 01:12, 2 March 2007 (EST)

Sorry for not checking back, I can provide no