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##Screenshot

![screenshot](https://i.sstatic.net/PKhY2.png)

##Updates

###Version 1.1

- Added support for Notification Center (10.8 and later)
- Adjusted menu icon to align better with existing menu items
- Auto-update is now supported via [Sparkle](http://sparkle.andymatuschak.org/)

###Version 1.0

- Option to automatically start at login
- Login token now requested with `no_expiry` (you may need to re-allow after upgrading)
- New application icon

###Version 0.5

- Now compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and later
- Different hide times are now available
- Status icon is black when there are no messages (thanks Kevin Sołtysiak)
- Better error handling and reporting on inbox checking failure

###Version 0.4

- [Growl][1] support built-in (optional, notifications off by default)
- Site icon is now displayed in notification menu items

##About

SENotifier is a Mac OS X app that shows the current contents of your Stack Exchange inbox in the menu bar and was inspired by [Gmail Notifier][2].

I created this app so the inbox notifier would be visible all the time, instead of only when a Stack Exchange page was loaded in the browser.

This app uses the new Stack Exchange API v2.0 with authentication, so it can get the current contents of your inbox.

###License

BSD license.

###Download

[Download](http://hewgill.com/senotifier/stack-exchange-notifier-1.1.dmg) (750 KB `.dmg`)

Or install with Homebrew:

    brew cask install stack-exchange-notifier


###Platform

SENotifier requires Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or later.

##Contact

[Greg Hewgill](http://hewgill.com)

##Code

This app is developed in Objective-C using [Xcode][3] 4.2. No (Stack Exchange) libraries were harmed in the creation of this software (that means the authentication flow is all straight Objective-C code). [SBJson](http://stig.github.com/json-framework/) is used for the JSON parsing bits.

The code is available on [GitHub][4] at https://github.com/ghewgill/senotifier.

##Self-promotion

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  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growl_%28software%29
  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail_interface#Applications
  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcode
  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub
  [5]: https://i.sstatic.net/qAWiC.png