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[[Image:FMenu-main.png|thumb|400px|Screenshot of FMenu]]
[[Image:Fmenu-prefs.png|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, 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:
*A friend updated his profile
*A friend changed his status
FMenu 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, messages/pokes, events) separately. Consequently each particular type of notification is refreshed once every 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/privacysettings/?viewtab=privacy§ion=platformapplications&tabfield=other 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.
==Download==
==Known issues==
*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.
There is also a [[/FAQ|FAQ]] of common questions and problems. If you have other questions or problems, please follow the instructions on the [[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}|discussion page]].
