Dock Icon and Menu

Simon has the ability to display important information on the screen of the icon in the Mac OS X Dock. When the application is running, and some tests have been added, the screen area of the icon shows an icon similar to those in the tests table.

If any sites are down, the red downwards-pointing triangle (  ) is shown, with the number of failed sites displayed inside. If any site has recent changes, the green upward triangle (  ) is shown, again with the number of changed sites displayed. Otherwise, the orange triangle (  ) and number is shown, for sites that had errors recently. As with the tests table, the shade of the triangle indicates how recent it is. This acts as a useful visual cue to important events.

If any of the tests are marked as unviewed, a yellow sunburst is displayed above the status triangle, with the numbe of unviewed test displayed inside. This can be disabled via the General Preferences, if desired.

Right-clicking (or [Ctrl]-clicking} on the icon in the Dock will display a menu, as is standard for Mac OS X. In addition to the usual items, the menu includes some useful commands that you can perform without having to first switch to Simon, if you are in another application:

Show Simon Monitor

This displays the Simon Monitor window. Simon will be activated if it was not the current application.

Show Services

This displays the Services window. Simon will be activated if it was not the current application.

Show Filters

This displays the Filters window. Simon will be activated if it was not the current application.

Show Notifiers

This displays the Notifiers window. Simon will be activated if it was not the current application.

Show Reports

This displays the Reports window. Simon will be activated if it was not the current application.

Check All Now

This command will cause Simon to immediately check all tests that are not paused. Simon will not be activated.

Pause All Tests

When this is chosen, all tests will be paused indefinitely, similar to choosing Indefinitely in the File > Pause Testing... function when no tests are selected. Simon will not be activated.

Resume All Tests

This does the opposite of the above, causing all tests to be un-paused. Simon will not be activated.

Mark All Viewed

This command will mark all tests as having been viewed, i.e. remove the yellow indicator for all tests. Simon will not be activated.