SkypeMenu for MacOS X / News: Recent posts

SkypeMenuX is a menu that allows you to access Skype status and
buddy info from the MacOS X System Notification area (the iconic menus
on the right hand side of the MacOS X menu bar). Similar in nature to the
iChat menu but for skype.

This is version 0.6b.

When you select one of your online buddies listed in the menu, a submenu
will appear that can be used to start either a voice call or an Instant
Message (IM) chat window with that buddy.... read more

SkypeMenuX is a menu that allows you to access Skype status and buddy info from the MacOS X System Notification area (the iconic menus on the right hand side of the MacOS X menu bar). Similar in nature to the iChat menu but for skype.

This is version 0.5b, the first version to include the promised buddy status list, after a few attempts.

Additionally, if you select one of your online buddies listed in the menu, Skype will open an Instant Message (IM) chat window for chatting with that buddy.... read more

With over 50 users so far, SkypeMenuX is proving stable and worthy of progressing from the d for development version tag to b for beta.

One minor correction is the addition of a registered MacOS creator type and one minor enhancement was to move all three Quit menu items off into their own submenu.

The next release which I am currently working on will include the available buddy list in the menu.

This is the initial release of SkypeMenuX.

SkypeMenuX basically gives you a system menu to control skype much like the menu you can turn on in the iChat preferences.

This is the first release so your mileage may vary. It seems stable and has no apparent memory leaks.

And before you ask about displaying available buddies in the menu? That's slated for the next release!

Go check it out : http://mark.aufflick.com/software/skypemenux