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[[Image:FMenu-main.jpgpng|thumb|400px|Screenshot of FMenu]][[Image:Fmenu-prefs.jpgpng|thumb|400px|Screenshot of FMenu prefs window]]'''FMenu''' is was 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) , groups, and events, as well as 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:

*You have new photo commentsFMenu checks for updates by default every 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 42 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/settings/?tab=privacy.php?view&section=platformapplications&tabfield=all friends_share Facebook's Applications & Websites privacy settings] and make sure that the first radio button, checkbox labeled ''Share my name, networks, and list of friends, as well as the following informationStatus updates'' is '''checked'''. Otherwise, FMenu has absolutely no way of retrieving that user's profile.

The latest version is {{/version}}. It is a [[w:Universal Binary|Universal Binary]] and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or better. Note that since version 3.1, there are separate downloads for users of Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 and above, due to 64-bit loading issues with Growl. However, there is no functional difference between the versions. The 10.5 and above binary is 64-bit and fully compatible with Snow Leopard.*FMenu for users of [{{/latestversion/10.4}} 10.4 only] and [{{/latestversion/10.5}} FMenu10.5 and above] for users who ''already have Growl installed on their system'' (.zip file)*[{{/latestversion3.0/Growl}} FMenu for all other users] – if you do not have Growl installed, FMenu will prompt you to install it automatically with no additional downloads required (.zip file). Note that this is version 3.0; after installation of Growl, check for updates in the menu to update to the latest version.

Older versions can be obtained below; however , they are unsupported, are generally inferior, and only provided for archival purposes.

*If you put your computer to sleep for an extended period of time, FMenu will obviously give a large number of notifications that happened during the time that your computer was turned off the first time it updates. Make sure that the number of "sticky" notifications is not very high, because otherwise you will spend a lot of time dismissing all of them(Workaround: Alt-click on any growl notifications's close (X) button to dismiss all the messages on-screen). *If you remove a friend while FMenu is running(or a friend disables their account, etc), you will get a notice saying they changed their profile and published a note.*If you change your Facebook password, you will stop receiving notifications. Choose Log out… from the menu and then log back in to resume receiving notifications.