Talk:FMenu/archive

Problem with ZIP archive?

I can't open the archive—StuffIt Expander 10 stalls approximately 95% through and doesn't start again, and StuffIt Expander 11 returns an error. Is there a place for me to download the app that's not compressed? 129.137.158.156 16:06, 29 January 2007 (EST)

Never mind, it seems I got a bad download from the link on the wiki. It worked the next time I tried it. 129.137.158.156 16:18, 29 January 2007 (EST)

Hm, that's weird, but I strongly discourage anyone from using Stuffit at all. Mac OS X's built-in BOMArchiveHelper.app does the job much better. Happy to hear that you were able to resolve the problem, however.lensovet 21:04, 29 January 2007 (EST)

Friends opting out of Terms of Service and Update frequency

I have three questions. First, exactly what effect does it have when a friend unchecks the Terms of Service box? Will FMenu not even be able to tell me when they poke or message me? Second, is there any way I can tell which friends have opted out of this? My third question is how frequent is "too frequent" for the update frequency? How frequently can I have it update without hitting the request limit? Thanks!

Here we go!

If the friend unchecks this box, they are completely invisible to the program. That means that anything about them is inaccessible, like their profile and their status. However, when they poke you, this is still accessible, because it is your information that's retrieved to find out the number of current pokes. So anything they do to you is available, because your info is retrieved, but anything they do to their profiles is not.
Yes, there is. click on the arrow at the right of the text field in the Quicklaunch panel. That lists all the friends that are available to you through the app ~~(in a random order, unfortunately)~~, which are alphabetized by first name as of version 1.5.
This is essentially a guess-and-check process. As of version 1.4, it appears that 7 seconds is in fact the most frequent update interval. I personally had it running with 6 seconds, but that would randomly give me incorrect notifications.

Hope that clears things up a bit! lensovet 14:40, 3 February 2007 (EST)

Duplicate notifications

I keep getting the same notifications over and over. I have moved my interval up to 30 seconds thinking it could have been cause by too frequent of an interval but I am continuing to see duplicate messages. It's a series of 5 or 6 messages, same messages each time.

I have the exact same problem and it is the same two updates from the same exact person. --70.158.150.128 15:24, 13 February 2007 (EST)

If the update you're getting is "XXX has updated his profile", that means that they are actually updating their profile that frequently. If it's something else, let me know. Thanks. lensovet 00:48, 13 February 2007 (EST)

The one that keeps repeating for me is "XXXX wrote a new note" and "XXXX has updated her profile" It is always the same person and I've looked at their profile and it doesn't look like it's changing to me. --70.158.150.128 15:23, 13 February 2007 (EST)

I can verify the above problem. I have one friend that has consistently showed up as "XXXX has updated her profile" and "XXXX wrote a new note." They show side by side, often with any other events from other friends. Its been showing up nonstop since I downloaded it two days ago. She only has one note from last year, so she hasn't written a new note every 5 minutes over the last two days. --146.151.11.242 03:24, 14 February 2007 (EST)

Wow, I just started getting this myself. Will def look into it. lensovet 11:54, 14 February 2007 (EST)

Haha, now I get New note wrote a new note or profile updated his profile. --65.82.99.3 12:16, 14 February 2007 (EST)

Just curious, to all who have reported this problem, what happens if you restart the app (or choose Logout from the menu and log back in)? Thanks... lensovet 21:38, 14 February 2007 (EST)

Do try that as an interim solution, but I think that I've found the problem. Apparently the information sent by Facebook's API would sometimes contain profiles with a blank "name" field, and I think this is what was setting off the erroneous notifications. I'll be testing a possible fix to see if the problem goes away. I should have a new release out this weekend. Stay tuned and thanks for the reports! lensovet 22:28, 14 February 2007 (EST)

Any news on when we can see that update? I'd be glad to test it to see if it resolves the duplicate notification issue Loudestnoise 11:56, 24 February 2007 (EST)

I hope to get it out this weekend...however I have a question for you, are you still getting those duplicate updates? After putting in the fix I mentioned above, I still got a few bogus notifications...but since then they've gone away, and I never had them in the first place, so their cause is hard for me to track/figure out. Are you still getting repeated notifications? Thanks! lensovet 14:02, 24 February 2007 (EST)

I have the newest version and I am experiencing the same problems I reported before (with new note/updated profile notifications appearing tandem, and alongside almost all other legitimate notifications. It is from the same person all the time, and they have not made any new notes. --146.151.11.242 16:54, 24 February 2007 (EST)

Please try the newest version, which just came out, and let me know if this is still happening. Thanks! lensovet 03:52, 26 February 2007 (EST)

I have just updated to the new version and have yet to receive any duplicate or incorrect notifications. Will keep watching and hoping there are none to come. Loudestnoise 15:11, 26 February 2007 (EST)

Still happens. I even went ahead and used appzapper to remove all existing pieces of FMenu and install v2.0. Same exact person same exact notices as before. Loudestnoise 15:24, 26 February 2007 (EST)

Agreed. I've updated and within 5 minutes have gotten the same person, same problem. --Shaun 02:23, 1 March 2007 (EST)

Check to see if that person has two separate facebook accounts. That happened to be the problem with the other user. lensovet 03:32, 1 March 2007 (EST)

Indeed, this seems to have solved it. Thanks! --146.151.11.242 02:56, 12 March 2007 (EDT)

Spinning Beachball

During normal use of FMenu sometimes the loading of the menu can take a minute plus during which when you mouse over the menubar and you see the spinning beachball of death. --Loudestnoise 12:14, 14 February 2007 (EST)

I will look into this, but i'm changing the heading since the app never actually crashes. lensovet 13:49, 14 February 2007 (EST)

Ha, this is true, my apologies --Loudestnoise 15:50, 15 February 2007 (EST)

Solution to your authentication problem and one feature request

Use Apple Keychain Why don't you use Apple's Keychain for the Username and Password of Facebook. When you start up the FMenu, you can get then the user/pass from the keychain and auto login. The user had to authorize the addition of the data to the keychain so you are perfectly valid in using that. This situation is what the keychain was designed for, just go ahead and use it.

That is precisely what I plan on doing, I just need to figure out how to code it. lensovet 17:15, 14 February 2007 (EST)

Sparkle for updates: The feature request I have is that you use the Sparkle framework for updates. That will allow us to not have to worry about updating and you'll get an auto-update engine for free.

Thanks, Aslam

Right, Sparkle requires an RSS feed with release info though, which is why it will take a bit to set up. I do plan on implementing it though. lensovet 17:15, 14 February 2007 (EST)

-=- Follow up:

I'm so glad to hear you're going to be using Keychain. It's great to see developers use the awesome tools that Apple gives us. I'm sure you've already found this recently updated document but just in case, I found info on programming with the Keychain here: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Security/Reference/keychainservices/keychainServRef.pdf

Secondly, you probably know about this also but I found the easiest way to setup an RSS feed was to use iWeb (part of iLife) and create a Blog page. iWeb automatically creates an RSS feed for you and then you can use that to regularly update the feed. If that doesn't provide enough customization, then tools like PodcastMaker from potionfactory.com or FeedForAll (http://www.feedforall.com/feedforall-mac.htm) or one of the other RSS Feed builder tools that are available for OSX might be helpful.

FMenu Going Nuts

A couple of times, I have had FMenu go nuts and start giving me notifications about all my friends, the same three or four notifications (new note, updated status, etc.), even though they had done none of the above. One time, it happened right when I plugged my MacBook into an external monitor. This went on ad infinitum, repeating notifications. The notifications stickied, and even though I turned both FMenu and Growl off, they kept coming. It bogged my system down so much (and kept notifying) that I had to do a hard shut-down of the MacBook. I've had FMenu disabled since. --Carl Peterson

I'm sorry to hear that you had such bad problems. I don't know why they were sticking; none of the notifications are set to sticky by default. I will be releasing a new version soon that will hopefully eliminate these repeated notifications once and for all, and hope that you will give it a try and let me know how it works for you. Thanks! lensovet 02:50, 21 February 2007 (EST)

I can hardly wait for the update. I've considered not using FMenu until the duplicates are fixed, but it's just so darn handy. Loudestnoise 12:39, 21 February 2007 (EST)

Integration with Firefox?

Great work with this app. I've been using the Facebook Toolbar for Firefox but I think I like this better. My question is if there's any way to pick the browser you'd like to use with FMenu. My main browser is Firefox and I would love for links to open in that instead of Safari. I didn't see anything in the FMenu/Growl preferences so I'm guessing there's no way to change it from Safari currently. Keep up the good work.

FMenu just uses the default browser set by the system; this preference can be changed from Safari. Open Safari, then open its Preferences. In the General tab, the first item there should be "Default Web Browser:" – simply choose Firefox from that list. Thanks! lensovet 12:35, 22 February 2007 (EST)

Awesome. You would think something like that would be in the system preferences. Thanks!

It used to be, up until 10.2, when Safari was introduced. After that they got rid of the pref pane. And people think Microsoft is bad ;) lensovet 22:27, 22 February 2007 (EST)

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?

Thanks! The first one is definitely something I will be looking into, hopefully soon.
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

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)

This is now implemented as of version 3.0lensove† 19:32, 18 April 2008 (EDT)

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 more details really. It's quite random. I usually don't notice it has happened until I look up to the menu bar and see that the icon is gone. Loudestnoise 23:43, 24 March 2007 (EDT)

This happens to me as well, fairly regularly, about 2/3 times per day. --82.43.144.131 13:15, 3 March 2007 (EST)

Me too, 10+ times per day! 70.176.17.62 22:48, 4 March 2007 (EST)

Please try the latest release and see if this problem still exists. Thanks! lensovet 22:29, 31 March 2007 (EDT)

On all day so far --82.43.144.131

This happens to me as well but i have noticed it only does it when returning to sleep. I am interested in helping track it down my email is macman64 at gmail dot com

This happens to me a lot. It will start up and run for a minute or two and then quit (I guess it crashes) is this UB? I'm using a macbook and wondering if there are issues with the intel processor and this software. Thanks so much! If there are any fixes please email me jen.horne06 at gmail dot com THANKS!

This happens to me quite a bit, it looks to me like bad memory management. I have uploaded my crash logs to http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~wotte/FMenu.crash.log

BTW, I will be happy to help try to track this down, if you can provide me with a build with debug on and optimization off, I can probably supply a better stack trace than crashreporter gives. my email is wotte at dre dot vanderbilt dot edu.

Alright, done a bit more digging around. Spent a few minutes compiling the source, and discovered I didn't need it - I believe I have found the cause. The last couple lines of the FMenu Log:

2007-08-24 01:06:06.886 FMenu[1053] getting all events

2007-08-24 01:06:10.667 FMenu[1053] Connection failed! Error - lost network connection, URL http://api.facebook.com/restserver.php?method=facebook.events.get&api_key=242feaa6ed4030cd6b1c93b359d53eb4&session_key=40fb3942f7d37dbd678ef260-4702303&call_id=1187935566.885509&v=1.0&format=XML&sig=27392813797a2bbd0e6adece9ef6050c

2007-08-24 01:06:12.786 FMenu[1053] getting upcoming events

so it would appear that you lose the connection, and the next update attempt operates on a null pointer, causing the crash. Given that my expertise lies in C++ programming, I can't provide a patch, but this should be fairly straightforward to fix.

Photo comments fiction

Occasionally, say every hour or two, a growl thingy pops up saying "You have new photo comments", when I don't. I appreciate it trying to make me feel wanted, but there is an inevitable let-down when I find out it's been lying to me. Why?? I advise you to teach your program the value of honesty :p --82.43.144.131 13:19, 3 March 2007 (EST) PS can you put back the total pokes thing which was in 1.6 i think

Two things: what's your update frequency, and when the popup does show up, what is the number of photo comments shown in the menu? Thanks. lensovet 14:35, 3 March 2007 (EST)

Update frequency of 7 seconds, and it always stays at 30 photo comments, but I don't think that's true. --82.43.144.131 20:05, 3 March 2007 (EST)

No need to think twice – just click on the menu item and compare it to the counter shown at the top of the page. It might be off by 2 or so. So you're saying that it always says 30, even after the popup notification?

Hmm, this is odd. I have 30 pictures overall. Facebook says I have 30 picture comments, but in fact i have 20 comments - there is one picture with 10 comments, which is reported twice in the 'My photo comments' bit - strange, no? So your program is reporting what Facebook says, but facebook is wrong. But in answer to your question, yes it always says 30. Oh wait. Ok it just popped up a growl picture comments message now. Now it says I have 103 photo comments. Now it's back to 30. Wha? --82.43.144.131 10:46, 4 March 2007 (EST)

AHA! Thanks. That makes sense – the 103 is actually an error. I'll fix this in the next release, sounds good. lensovet 13:59, 4 March 2007 (EST)

Cool. could you also put 'total pokes' back in the menu please, and fix the random quitting (If that's possible)??? cheers. Do you want a crash log? or some other kinda log for the random quit? --82.43.144.131 17:35, 4 March 2007 (EST)

Unfortunately, Facebook has eliminated 'total pokes' functionality a few weeks back (and in fact, the photo comments will cease functioning on March 22 as well). As for random quitting – I'm guessing that this is due to memory leaks which I'm currently trying to resolve, but if you know how to get the crash log, feel free to paste it into /crashlog. Thanks! lensovet 19:23, 4 March 2007 (EST)

Ah right. What I think is the crash log is there now. --82.43.144.131

The crashes should be fixed in 2.1 – please give it a try and let me know if it's any better! lensovet 22:29, 31 March 2007 (EDT)

Hasn't happened yet! --82.43.144.131 16:58, 2 April 2007 (EDT)

Okay I am still getting photo comments messages when I wake the computer from sleep or reboot.

My apologies, this is a known issue in version 2.1; I should have a fix out soon. Sorry about that, I fixed the memory issues but other stuff came back in the process, blame Apple for writing bad Cocoa ... :/ lensovet 23:27, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

This should be fixed once and for all in the latest release – please give it a try. lensovet 01:34, 5 July 2007 (EDT)

I have version 2.5, and it crashes quite regularly, usually when I am away from my computer (I don't put my computer to sleep very often). I can forward a crash log if it would be useful - just let me know where to send it.

I have the same problem, it quits every few minutes or so. I'm using a macbook, is this software UB?

I have just begun to have this problem with the latest version. It quits and then refuses to log in again when I relaunch. Also, reinstalling it allowed it to work for about 5 minutes then I noticed it had quit again and wouldn't log in. What's going on?! - Talya (24 Aug 2007)

login problem

When i launch FMenu and open the Login window, all that shows up is a blank window. I see a load status bar load on the bottom left but nothing shows up. Tried keeping it up for hours but nothing shows up ever.

Massive update splurge

New version is much improved! However, occasionally I get a flood of growl messages going off the bottom of the screen, 2 for what seems to be each of my contacts. i can't remember what they say, i'll try and get a screen cap. --82.43.144.131

et voilà - http://mickeymoose.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/notes.jpg --82.43.144.131 19:03, 2 April 2007 (EDT)

Thanks, I'm going to fix this in the next release (I know exactly why this happens...) lensovet 17:44, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

Hoping to see this get resolved. Started happening to me the other day :-( ~pianomansam "at" yahoo 01:24, 29 May 2007 (EDT)

This should be fixed in the latest release, please let me know if it's fixed. lensovet 01:49, 5 July 2007 (EDT)

Several small problems

I keep getting a New Version Available Growl alert. When I select "Force Update Now" I just get the alert again an nothing is updated or downloaded. I have had to turn this notification off.

About FMenu does nothing, either. Finder tells me I have version 2.1.

Menu tells me I have "1 Shares in Inbox", but my account says otherwise.

Sorry about that, that was a slip-up of mine. However, please do download again as there were some changes I made (without releasing a new "version"). Sorry for the confusion... lensovet 00:41, 3 April 2007 (EDT)

I'm having the same "1 Shares in Inbox" issue, redownloaded twice no change. — May 7

Ditto for my acount on May 9th 2007. - Snorre Milde

Thanks for drawing my attention to this, I was parsing the data returned from Facebook incorrectly. I've fixed this in the code and should have a new release out relatively soon (once I'm done with finals). lensovet 14:51, 10 May 2007 (EDT)

Both issues should be fixed as of the latest release, please give it a try. Thanks! lensovet 01:49, 5 July 2007 (EDT)

Help from Fmenu screen capture

Mr. Borokhov:

I found your program FMenu on MacUpdate and have a question regarding the screen capture graphic provided entitled "Facebox-ss.png." What is the menubar program indicated by the musical note icon two positions to the right of the Fmenu icon? Is it some kind of iTunes controller? I have been looking for this icon for some time and would appreciate your help.

Thanks!

Peter Mellis

pedserdoc@mac.com

Hi there, it's not an iTunes controller but a plugin for last.fm that submits the songs I play to my last.fm account. You can find it at http://www.last.fm/tools/downloadplugin/?id=11

FMenu Crashes after login

Hi there,

Been using FMenu for a while, it's a great distraction! Now, however, it immediately quits after I log in. Seems to only happen when I log in using my profile, but not with a friend's. Here's what I get in the console. Any help would be appreciated!

2007-04-11 10:12:06.251 FMenu[22567] Performing full update
2007-04-11 10:12:06.383 FMenu[22567] got wall
2007-04-11 10:12:06.931 FMenu[22567] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><users_getInfo_response xmlns="http://api.facebook.com/1.0/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://api.facebook.com/1.0/ http://api.facebook.com/1.0/facebook.xsd" list="true"><user><uid>72600023</uid><wall_count>132</wall_count></user></users_getInfo_response>
2007-04-11 10:12:07.529 FMenu[22567] got notifications
2007-04-11 10:12:08.394 FMenu[22567] got all events
2007-04-11 10:12:08.403 FMenu[22567] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><notifications_get_response xmlns="http://api.facebook.com/1.0/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://api.facebook.com/1.0/ http://api.facebook.com/1.0/facebook.xsd"><messages><unread>0</unread><most_recent>1176214194</most_recent></messages><pokes><unread>0</unread><most_recent>0</most_recent></pokes><shares><unread>0</unread><most_recent>0</most_recent></shares><friend_requests list="true"></friend_requests><group_invites list="true"></group_invites><event_invites list="true"></event_invites></notifications_get_response>
2007-04-11 10:12:09.357 FMenu[22567] got upcoming events
2007-04-11 10:12:09.375 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x485e590 of class NSCFDate autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.375 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x441bd20 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.375 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4809460 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.376 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x3c3f30 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.376 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x48ef1f0 of class NSIdEnumerator autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.376 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x1f314 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.376 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4418620 of class NSIdEnumerator autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.376 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x1f154 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.376 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x48b4d80 of class NSCFArray autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.376 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x61afc20 of class NSCFArray autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.376 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x61afc80 of class NSCFArray autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.376 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x61d24b0 of class NSCFArray autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.376 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x61ea850 of class NSCFArray autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.376 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x442d1e0 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.376 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x442c620 of class NSIdEnumerator autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.376 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x1f144 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.376 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4433560 of class NSConcreteMutableData autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.377 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x445f4c0 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.377 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4877310 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.377 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x441caa0 of class NSURL autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.377 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x3c99b0 of class NSURLRequest autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.378 FMenu[22567] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4851560 of class NSURLConnection autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-04-11 10:12:09.651 FMenu[22567] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><events_get_response xmlns="http://api.facebook.com/1.0/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://api.facebook.com/1.0/ http://api.facebook.com/1.0/facebook.xsd" list="true"></events_get_response>
2007-04-11 10:12:10.374 FMenu[22567] got friend profiles
Apr 11 10:12:10 Ana crashdump[22568]: FMenu crashed

Edit: this does not happen with version 2.0

Hi there, thanks for the feedback! It looks like you might have gotten a bad release – try downloading again and let me know if this still happens...thanks! lensovet 00:16, 12 April 2007 (EDT)

The same thing happens when I try a new version. Have tried to delete preferences as well. As I said, it still only happens when I log in with my username, pochaf at mcmaster dot ca and not any other profile.

That's really strange. I know there are issues that need to be fixed in 2.1; maybe fixing them will fix your problem too. Stay tuned and please accept my apologies... lensovet 23:28, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

Please give the latest version a try and let me know if the error still occurs. Thanks! lensovet 01:49, 5 July 2007 (EDT)

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i get the same error:

2007-06-14 00:50:57.406 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4ea10d0 of class NSCFDate autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.406 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4ea7b20 of class NSCFDate autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.406 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x5071080 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.406 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x5004110 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.406 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4e1f890 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.406 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x321eb0 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.406 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4cc2930 of class NSIdEnumerator autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.406 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x1f314 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.406 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x311210 of class NSIdEnumerator autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.406 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x1f154 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.406 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x3dacb0 of class NSCFArray autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.406 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4e24270 of class NSCFArray autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.406 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4cac5e0 of class NSCFArray autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.406 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4cbc660 of class NSCFArray autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.407 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4e4a6c0 of class NSCFArray autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.407 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4cca6b0 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.407 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4c6f610 of class NSIdEnumerator autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.407 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x1f144 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.407 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4c96390 of class NSConcreteMutableData autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.407 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4c888d0 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.407 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4ca4f10 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.407 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4c768e0 of class NSURL autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.407 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x5060840 of class NSURLRequest autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2007-06-14 00:50:57.407 FMenu[263] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x38d170 of class NSURLConnection autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Jun 14 00:50:58 Fusion-G5 crashdump[264]: FMenu crashed
Jun 14 00:50:58 Fusion-G5 crashdump[264]: crash report written to: /Users/plasmicmac/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/FMenu.crash.log

updating issues with the new facebook layout

Hello!

It seems with the launch of the new Facebook layout that I'm not getting updates to FMenu anymore. No notification of new messages, comments, profile changes, nothing.

Didn't see this here as a documented bug so I wanted to post and see if you knew what was up.

Thanks!

As far as I know, FMenu shouldn't be affected by the new layout. Try restarting the program to see if it fixes the problem and let me know. lensovet 23:29, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

http://developers.facebook.com/news.php?blog=1&story=18 Infinate sessions now availible from Facebook! =)

Yes, and they are now implemented as of 2.5! lensovet 01:49, 5 July 2007 (EDT)

FMenu quitting on MBP sleep

Whenever I sleep my MBP for any length of time, FMenu 2.1 will quit. - johnl1479 13:04, 6 May 2007 (CST)

I have a rough idea as to why this is happening and hope to release a fix soon. Thanks! lensovet 03:09, 7 May 2007 (EDT)

Please give the latest release a try and let me know if it's any better. Thanks again! lensovet 01:49, 5 July 2007 (EDT)

I have a crash log for FMenu, which keeps crashing when the computer sleeps (or at least thats what I think). How should I send it to you?

Better handling of loosing internet connection

Whenever I disconnect my computer from the internet I get a weird error message. Would like to see this handled better. Screencap to come...

Please let me know if this has been resolved in the latest version. Thanks! lensovet 01:49, 5 July 2007 (EDT)

Quitting (safari 3?)

I also posted this on the facebook group, but thought you'd check this more often. Ever since installing safari 3, fmenu quits a couple of minutes after logging in. the login and checking stuff works fine but then I look up and FMenu is gone... --82.43.144.131 06:21, 15 June 2007 (EDT)

Please give the latest version a try and let me know if it's gotten any better. Thanks! lensovet 01:49, 5 July 2007 (EDT)

FMenu 2.5 Login Window doesn't show up

This is the error that the console shows: "2007-07-05 01:36:45.080 FMenu[8801] Could not gen auth token"

SOLVED: Deleted the preference file for FMenu and it worked.

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.

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