‘iPhoneLikeIndicator’ was a fun project I did last night. I always liked the iPhone’s network indicator and wanted something similar for OSX.
Born was iPhoneLikeIndicator :) It is a little .... convenient entry for your menubar which shows any network activity. Just like the network indicator on the iphone (that’s where the name is from *doh*)
1.1 now looks more iPhone-like in that it hides the menubar entry if there is no connection
What is iPhoneLikeIndicator?
Download the newest version of iPhoneLikeIndicator
The previous Version 1.0 for MacOSX 10.4+ can be downloaded here!
The graphical application uses the command line application netcat. It executes /usr/sbin/netcat -u -i -w 1 and parses the results to get the incoming and outgoing bytes. If there is any Activity, the indicator spins. (again, just like on the iPhone *smile*)
BTW: I haven’t tested it extensivly. I use it since last night and made sure it isn’t leaking memory but I cant guarantee it works on all kinds of systems. It works fine on my MBP C2D under OSX 10.5.8. It should work fine on 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6 though.
(Users have reported it works fine on 10.6)
Tip: Add it to your login items to have it start automatically. It has a context menu with a quit option
How does it work?
OSX
iPhone
The App 1.1 for MacOSX 10.4+ can be downloaded here!
