Download ProteusMenu for Mac - Menu item for Proteus chat IM client. MacUpdate Mac Chat Software Downloads

ProteusMenu is a menu extra for Proteus, the best IM-Client for Mac OS X. ProteusMenu is visible even if Proteus is not running, same as the iChat menu. See the FAQ at http://www.schempp.ch/?page_id=42 for some advanced tips.

Version 1.5:

compatible with Proteus 4.08 and up
contact menu is sorted the way you set in Proteus (name, status, service)
rendezvous contacts do now work correctly
animated status display
supporting all Proteus sound, speech and popup (only with Growl) events
supporting remote daemon connection
displays the Offline image if no account is connected
new hidden feature: simple menu like iChat
preferences are now saved inside the default proteus settings file
fixed a bug where the wrong time (the current time) was displayed for incoming messages
fixed a bug where the wrong image was displayed if an incoming message was waiting and you went offline
bug fixed that could lead to contacts being displayed multiple times
bug fixed that displayed no contact name for new messages (thanks to cflorido)
fixed some memory leaks
improved HeaderDoc and code cleanup
Added Spanish localization

OTHER PEOPLE SUGGEST

Proteus (votes: 1 )
Adium (votes: 1 )

Suggest something else:

ANONYMOUS Please bring IRC-Support
(Version 1.3)

JOE WEAVER The last version was kinda buggy and didn't work. But v1.3 is working OUTSTANDING! This is a great program that compliments another great program. Thanks for writing this!
(Version 1.3)

LEOOFBORG Okay, as of 1.3 this menu now officially rocks. I now have iChat (and menu) for AIM/Rendevous and Proteus (and this menu) for YHO/MSN/Jabber... and there's just about equal parity.

No more waiting for Apple and other IM parterships -- this is it, boys and girls...
(Version 1.3)

ANONYMOUS Contacts are still invisible... only their status icon shows...
(Version 1.2)

SUBLINEAR Alright! I like this! It'd be nice if my JUST a new message window opened up when I select a contact to message from the menu (currently my contact list also pops up). Other than that this is great! :)
(Version 1.2)

|TREUF| Maybe you should reword that to "Probably the best" to be more correct.

Some peoples prefer other clients, and some prefer the official IM clients for what they do.

This is a question of taste and habbits.
(Version 1.1)

Replies:

Jul 16 2004

ANONYMOUS "The Best" connotes opinion, and the developer of this plug-in most likely feels Proteus *is* the best, as he/she went through the effort to write a plug-in for it.

I see nothing wrong with the description.
(Version 1.1)

Jul 16 2004

JOE You're right. He should have worded it as the "better" IM client for Mac OSX. Because labeling it as the "better" IM client means that is surpasses every other program out there. And it does.

The developer of Proteus has written a program that is updated frequently, works without error, and is very pleasing to look at. It looks like a real OSX program.
(Version 1.1)

Jul 17 2004

ANDREAS SCHEMPP It is a real Mac OS X program, after all ;)

I did not want to offend anyone, but Proteus is the best client in my oppinion.
(Version 1.1)

Aug 7 2004

ELDERBRE Eh.. sorry to break it, but it's still an opinion, that the developper of this applciations feels it's the best it doesn't mean it is, it's an opinion, not the great Holy Truth. Some other peopel prefer other clients (as myself, after using Proteus for a year and a half, I found Adium, and I'm much happier).
(Version 1.3)