MLBKXBX  Great app. I would like if the selection of "menu items" were a bit more dynamic than it is right now though. You have a few static predefined items, and only one "user-defined" item. Add a list widget and let people add as many folders they want to instead of only one directory for that purpose.

It would be nice if menu bar items could be assigned custom icons, and also they were were spring-loaded! It would be nice if the text mode had a font setting. Or if one at least could unset the "bold" typeface of the font.

This method of accessing the file system is highly addictive! Don't try it! Once you try try it, you can never go back... ;)  
(Version 1.9)

CD MILLER  Remember folks: Command-Click (Coverleaf key) on an XMenu menu title in the menu bar to show the preferences and configuration options.

I love XMenu, but after a year or so of usage I forgot how to configure it and had to spend about an hour to find the magic "Command-Click on the menu title" description.

So...for a truly stellar app, for 2.0 please add a handy "options" submenu at the bottom of each XMENU menu, that shows the Command-click menu as a submenu. Then we would all find it when looking. In other words, take a hint from the MacOS 10.5 doc folders, which also have an "options" menu when shown in "list" mode.  
(Version 1.9)

MAX GAAV  I tried several launchers and contextual menu modifiers and this one has become my favorite, even over FinderPop that I used for years.

Virtually the same functionality as FinderPop but also other features like the very handy 'snippets'. It takes a bit time to study the settings etc. but in the end that's just a small hurdle to take for such a wonderfull workflow improvement tool. Thank you Devon!

But also one feature request for the developers: when fully used, XMenu places no less than six icons in the menubar. Why not just one, with preference settings for a contextual menu in which one or more can be activated? Laptops don't have that much space in the menubar and there are also other apps that place icons there...  
(Version 1.9)

FORMICA  This is truly one of the best apps out there, and it's FREE! Thanks a bunch, Devon Tech.!  
(Version 1.9)

JAZZYGUY  Best Version ! Everything Devon Technologies makes is top notch!  
(Version 1.9)

DOOBIEXX  I thought this would be the end of xmenu! Thank you so much for keeping it free and updated!! Thank you.  
(Version 1.9)

STEVEN GOODHEART  This is one of the most useful free programs that I own. The improved interface and preferences, and the new ability to insert Snippets, are fantastic. XMenu drills down long folder hierarchies with no delay, and if you customize the user-defined folder with files and folders, or aliases of them, you have incredibly easy and fast access to just about anything you need. And, it's free!  
(Version 1.9)

DESIGN-Q  EDIT:

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(Version 1.8.1)

FLASH1296  Help !

It is apparently running (according to Activity Monitor), but I cannot see a menubar icon for XMenu so I can access it or set preferences.

Help !  
(Version 1.8.1)

DANA SUTTON  Since FriutMenu broke under Leopard and it has taken Unsanity so long to develop even a buggy beta, I've shopped around for a replacement. After trying various alternatives, I settled on XMenu as the best, largely because it runs as an application rather than any kind of a system mod., and so is completely non-invasive. In the XMenu folder in User>Library I I've set up a bunch of folders (utilities, applications, documents, a nested folder containng my URLs, one for my current work project, etc.) so I have a fantastic amount of stuff at my fingertips. Then, just to make things even better, I used KeyboardMaestro to assign an F-key to the XMenu folder, now I can access all my stuff either by pulling down the menu or from my keyboard. All this took a couple of hours of creating and storing aliases, but in the end I had set up an insanely great storage/navigation system with no worries about destabilizing my system or surviving future major OS upgrades. This, as I say, involved some work, but it didn't cost me a penny.  
(Version 1.8.1)

FRANCOLA  Thank You very much for this awesome app. 1 issue though. When I run an automator script it pushes the XMenu icon over then it does not move back. :(  
(Version 1.8.1)

WOLFEATSWORLD  Great software; great company, wonderful people who run it. These Mac developers have to be in my Top 3 of all time favorites, for programs, service and reliability.

A very Merry Christmas to everyone at DEVONtechnologies - and for all you do to make our platform that much better, easier and more fun to use: A wonderful New Year to everyone there!

You guys are the best.

Oh, and yeah, thank you for bringing back this updated version of XMenu--one incredibly useful piece of software! ;-)  
(Version 1.8.1)

SPRINGHEELMAC  'Himmelbar' is similar, but shows the icons as well.  
(Version 1.8)

MACERICG  Nice! Bravo! Free? Wow!

My advice to everyone who suffers from Dock-Overcrowdedness is to to remove all icons from their Dock and put everything in custom XMenu categories/folders.

Now, only your active apps are in the Dock, and everything is in XMenu, neat and organized.

My only wish would be a choice to put XMenu to the right, a la OS 9, but other than that, it rocks!

(Now, if only someone would make the Dock like the Task Bar to reflect all open documents. I know it's heresy, but it's the one thing Microsoft got right.)  
(Version 1.8)

FRANSIK  For me as well, this bug described (from "Anonymous") on July 7th 2005 remains: the XMenu icon still appears in the extreme right corner, behind the spotlight icon(!) on start-up if the option "display on left from menu extras" is unset.

And I use custom icons, most of which are not displayed as such (Some are, other appear as generic).

Awesome program otherwise, perfect for OS 9 refugees or those willing to keep the dock as free as possible.

A nice tool I would not want to miss.  
(Version 1.8)

ANONYMOUS  Unusable because I can't find the preferences to configure it, even after reading through the "Read Me."

Also, can't figure out how to quit and get rid of it. I'll have to go kill the process from within Terminal.....?  
(Version 1.7)

ANONYMOUS  xmenu icon still goes to extreme right, behind the spotlight icon, on system startup/restart, if xmenu is not set to "display on left" - right round corner is part of spotlight icon.  
(Version 1.7)

STRIFER  okay.. make an auto-update feature in it now.. i keep on updating this application and i'm getting tired of it ;)

i think this is my fifth time updating :) please make it check for updates every once in a while.. PLEASEEEEE!  
(Version 1.7)

ANONYMOUS  when "display to the left of menu extras" not checked, xmenu goes to extreme right, behind the spotlight icon, and it appears to be outside of menu bar itself (right round corner is to the left from xmenu icon)

what gives?  
(Version 1.6)

DAVE G  Great application. Best thing since canned-beer.

Only exception - the applications own menu icons are more OS9 looking rather than OS X !!!  
(Version 1.6)

ANONYMOUS  This is superb, unfortunately the speed of spotlight makes it old hat on my Mac.  
(Version 1.6)

ANONYMOUS  superb!!! 10/10  
(Version 1.5)

ANONYMOUS  Absolutely GREAT app. I hate the idea of constantly having to surf Finder to get what i'm looking for. This app is the best!  
(Version 1.5)

RIP0FF  Can't live without it.. I installed it on all of my friends' macs (that is, those who run 10.3). I'd appreciate better looking & color icons for the menubar, though (I know, one can do it by himself but it would be more convenient for everyone if they were installed from start)  
(Version 1.4)

PAKKMAN781  This is one of the best things that has ever been on my menubar! And it's free!  
(Version 1.4)

STEPHEN  Good app, keeps getting better. fantastic stuff. I love being able to navigate heirachical menus of disks and folders on my computer.

You might not like, or know why you might want to do this, but if you do xmenu is very good indeed  
(Version 1.4)

TUI  Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!  
(Version 1.4)

ABHI BECKERT  Wonderful app that does exactly what it needs to do and does it flawlessly.

Thanks!

PS: If you size menu icons at 16x12px they look the same size but take up the same amount of space as the name MacOS 9's "mini" size in list view used to take that aproach.  
(Version 1.3)

KARINA  Great little utility works exactly as it should. The best of the launch menus I've used and has found a permanent home on my system.

My only complaint is it's a little slow if you use icons, creating a noticeable delay for submenus to appear. I really hope this can be addressed somehow.  
(Version 1.2)

VBONLINE  Simple, fast, effective. A much faster alternative to adding the application folder to the dock. If Tiger hasn't implemented this function, this is the first app to be DL-ed.

Note: "Made just for 10.3 is acceptable", for Jaguar just use v.1.1. Don't forget: It's still great value for money ;-)

Keep up the good work Christian and remember: if it ain't broken . . .  
(Version 1.2)

ALEXF  It's nice, has lots of options, and it's free :)

What I'd like to see is an option for easy selection/deselection like TigerLaunch. You can do it by adding aliases from what I understand, but it'd be nice to have more of an interface to it.  
(Version 1.2)

MJP  Terrific! The update addressed the only problems I had with the program... ugly icons in the menu bar (now b&w) and the dropdown menus opening slowly (now works instantly). Outstanding app.  
(Version 1.1)

GOSTCODER  This looks to be a promising utility if they fix one major bug; it only runs on 10.3

They even went so far as to have the software tell you it require 10.3 when you launch it.

There is no reason for it to not support 10.2 except for pure laziness on the part of the developer.  
(Version 1.1)

BARRIKADY  Sweet!  
(Version 1.1)

ANONYMOUS  This little menu app is AWESOME!

I use it for other apps that I normally don't use frequently which frees up my doc greatly.

If you're a user who needs to always look for files and folders then this is for you. Great way to organize and look for those things especially if you're in the the Art/Design field. A much needed time saver if you're looking for that project or file. I would highly recommend using this little menu app and best of all its FREE!!!  
(Version 1.0)

MAC NEW USER  For those who switch from Widows, this is good.

You can add the alias of program in Xmenu folder of active user library and select user define at the window popup by click on the icon at menu bar with command button hold down.  
(Version 1.0)

WHATEVERUSAY  It does not "bring back the old Apple menu".

The Apple menu in old Mac OS was where the blue Apple menu is now in OS X.

IF this app modified the OS X Apple menu, and made it somewhat like the old Mac OS Apple Menu, well then the description would be accurate.

But to flatly state that this brings back something that it does not truly bring back is disingenuous. And wrong.

That said, this thing works OK if you don't mind having yet another menu item in your menubar. I do mind. My menubar is already loaded with things more useful to me than this app.

Unsanity's FruitMenu DOES modify the OS X Apple menu in a way which DOES reflect somewhat the way the OLD Apple Menu was.

I don't own or use it. But Unsanity's products are terrific. That I DO know because I use many of their haxies. My iBook (900 MHz/640 MB RAM) is rock-solid running OS X 10.3.2 and using many Unsanity haxies. So there.  
(Version 1.0)

SMKSENSEI  Fantastic little app! Thanks! I was literally one day away from my evaluation of Fruitmenu and was more than ready to pay for it. Now I have almost all the functionality and maybe more for free! (Gotta read the ReadMe to know how to configure it, but that should be a no-brainer.)  
(Version 1.0)