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[[Image:faceboxFMenu-ssmain.pngjpg|thumb|400px|Screenshot of FMenu ([[:Image:facebox-ss.png|high res version]])]][[Image:FMenu Fmenu-prefs.pngjpg|thumb|400px|Screenshot of FMenu prefs window ([[:Image:FMenu prefs.png|high res version]])]]
'''FMenu''' is a program for [[w:Mac OS X|Mac OS X]] and [[w:Facebook|Facebook]] that sits in the menu bar (near the clock) and provides notifications about various events. In addition, it provides a menu to easily access common Facebook pages and keeps a count of your messages, pokes, events, friend requests, wall posts, and photo comments. It also features a "Quicklaunch" box which gives you immediate access to your friends' profiles (just start typing a friend's name and it will autocomplete – press enter and go to that friend's profile) and Facebook searches (type a phrase and press enter). Notifications are issued using [[w:Growl|Growl]] and can be customized to the user's liking (including turning on/off and customizing display style). They are:
*A friend updated his profile
*You have new friend requests
*You have new photo comments
FMenu checks for updates by default every 5 7 seconds (or at whatever interval you set), but checks for each kind of notification (friend details, friend requests, wall, photo comments, messages, pokes, events) separately. Consequently each particular type of notification is refreshed once every 35 seconds.
'''Please note:''' this application will work with most of your friends. However, if you are not getting notifications for some friends, it probably means that they have opted out of releasing their info to applications using the Facebook API. Tell your friends to go to http://www.facebook.com/privacy.php?view=platform&tab=all and make sure that the first radio button, labeled ''Share my name, networks, and list of friends, as well as the following information'' is '''checked'''. Otherwise, FMenu has absolutely no way of retrieving that user's profile.