Version History

v2.6.1 - Released February 16, 2012
- Modified the JABMenu Crash Reporter to automatically relaunch JABMenu after 30 seconds if no action is taken in the Crash Reporter dialog.
- Added Phone Amego script for dialing phone numbers.
- Many minor enhancements & optimizations.
v2.6 - Released January 10, 2012
- Added optional hotkey support for Open Address Book and Make New Contact commands.
- Added crash monitor.
- Improved support for networked sources (i.e., Exchange, CardDAV, & LDAP servers).
- Improved Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) compatibility.
- Enhanced security by code signing with secure certificate.
- Many minor enhancements & optimizations.
v2.5 - Released September 2, 2010
- Added option to include contacts from networked sources (i.e., Exchange and CardDAV servers) in contact submenus — requires Mac OS X 10.6+.
- Added support for networked sources (i.e., Exchange, CardDAV, & LDAP servers) to the Lookup window — requires Mac OS X 10.6+.
- Added option to run separate AppleScript for each data item, not just phone numbers.
- Added pre-built AppleScripts to use data items to search Google, Facebook, & Twitter.
- Added option to ignore article prefixes (e.g., “The”) when sorting contacts.
- Many minor enhancements & optimizations.
v2.2 - Released January 11, 2010
- Updated to 64-bit (Note: The minimum requirement has been increased to Mac OS X 10.5.6 or newer).
- Added option to specify menu icon.
- Improved phone number formatting.
- Minor enhancements & optimizations.
v2.1.2 - Released September 9, 2009
- Added option to toggle related groups in the “Groups” submenu for the contacts specified in the contact source preference.
- Added menu item to clear the data cache without having to open the preferences window.
- Added help buttons in the preferences window.
- Fixed large type window opacity on Mac OS X 10.5 & 10.6.
- Fixed an issue when using smart groups as the contact source.
- Fixed the online help links in Mac OS 10.6.
- Updated & Augmented the documentation.
- Many minor enhancements & optimizations.
v2.1.1 - Released March 25, 2009
- Added toolbar to preferences window.
v2.1 - Released March 24, 2009
- Added support for choosing multiple groups for menu inclusion.
- Improved handling of instant messaging actions.
- Many minor enhancements & optimizations.
v2.0.1 - Released September 3, 2008
- Added support for subgroup members in group menus.
- Fixed a bug that prevented data actions other than the defaults from working with the contact menus in the lookup window.
v2.0 - Released July 29, 2008
- Complete re-write from the ground up.
- Significant improvements in speed, stability, & memory management.
- Sleek new resolution-independent interface.
- Added the ability to choose data item selection actions on-the-fly.
- Added support for instant messaging addresses with chat action.
- Added support for smart groups.
- Added data cache to speed menu display.
- Added more map sources.
- Improved support for international data.
- Many minor enhancements.
v1.2.3 - Released June 29, 2007
- Added phone number formatting that follows the preferences of the Address Book.app.
- Fixed a Google map bug.
- Fixed an issue when retrieving Address Book group names on some systems.
- Many memory & code optimizations.
- Several minor enhancements.
- Note: This release increased the minimum system requirement to Mac OS X 10.4.9.
v1.2.2 - Released January 29, 2007
- Improved French localization thanks to Ronald Leroux.
- Corrected an issue when using the “Speak” action.
- Minor fixes and enhancements.
v1.2.1 - Released January 8, 2007
- Added the ability to disable automatic updates to the AB Numbers menu when changes are detected in the Address Book.
- Improved handling of extra long menu item titles (they will now word wrap at a maximum line length of 60 characters).
- Improved registration process.
- Minor stability improvements.
- Minor interface updates.
v1.2 - Released November 22, 2006
- Added several international Google Maps options.
- Added feature to select multiple names in the found contacts section. When selecting multiple contacts and then using the action menu, the default email addresses (if available) for the selected contacts will be used to send an email to all group members in the address field specified in the preferences (To, Cc, or Bcc).
- Added new “Insert Text” action for contact menu items. Selecting this will insert the selected contact data item as text into the frontmost application.
- Added geographical menus for sorting contacts by city, state/province, and country.
- Added user-defined sorting to lookup results.
- Added multiple word searching to lookup (e.g., you can now search on name and company at once) and lookups now consider a contact’s complete record (name, company, notes, addresses, phone numbers, etc.).
- Added double-click action to display data menu for found contact in lookup.
- Fixed a bug that prevented launch if you have not designated a contact as your card in the Address Book application.
- Fixed a bug that prevented launch or menu rebuild if you deleted a contact currently in the Recently Used menu.
- Minor interface enhancements.
v1.1 - Released April 26, 2006
- Added support for contact URLs and notes.
- Added option to determine inclusion and order of contact data items (phone, email, etc.).
- Added options for map source (no longer limited to just Google Maps).
- Added option to determine field for group emails.
- Added submenu to the groups submenu for contacts that are not members of any group.
- Fixed bug that prevented copied data from pasting properly in some applications.
- Fixed a launch error that occurred on some non-US English systems.
- Improved handling of international postal addresses.
- Removed arbitrary two postal address limit.
- Significantly improved the speed of the lookup feature.
- Improved memory management.
- Improved launch speed.
- Many interface enhancements.
v1.0.1 - Released April 13, 2006
- Fixed a bug that caused the Groups submenu to show Companies and vice versa.
v1.0 - Released April 13, 2006
- Initial public release.