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Ari Bader-Natal
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DEMO Lab, Computer Science Department
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454



BEEweb Status Menu: Monitors the presence of players in BEEweb games


What it is: BEEweb Status Menu is a Mac OS X Status Item that watches for players in BEEweb games.
Requirements: * Mac OS X 10.3 or later
* A network connection
Download: Download BEEweb Status Menu now
version , release notes
To Install: Double-click BEEwebStatusMenu.dmg to unpack the archive, then move BEEweb Status Menu to your Applications folder. Double-click BEEweb Status Menu to launch it. You will see a new MenuExtra appear in the upper-right corner of your display.
To Use: This status of the BEEweb Status Menu is updated twice per minute. The color of the icon is determined by the current status of the BEEweb games:

means that no network connection is available
means that no one is currently playing any BEEweb games
means that there are currently people playing some BEEweb games

Open the menu to see how many players are currently in each BEEweb game. Selecting a menu item corresponding to a game will open up that game in your web browser.
Screenshot:
To Uninstall: Drag BEEweb Status Menu to the Trash.
License: Freeware (GNU General Public License). Source
Based on code from Jonathan Nathan's MenuApp program.