[Krypton]

There must be at least 10 of these iTunes controlling add ons, none of which satisfy my needs. I have Synergy, which has a good floater but I want to pick songs out of my playlists using the menu bar (which M-beat does).

Can't we have one controller to rule them all?

[Developer]

Originally posted by Krypton:
Can't we have one controller to rule them all?

You can!

[Sarc]

I use X-Tunes. good enough for me, and it doesn't use any screen/menubar real estate.

[echosphere]

Sarc:

Thank You! Just like Krypton, I've always wanted a simple utility that lets me control iTunes without all that bloat crud. X-Tunes doesn't let you go to playlists buts it's very simple and easy to use. Though I still like having the controls in the Menubar, it looks cool.

XTunes just became even more fun to use as I assigned it with the use of one of my buttons on my Logitech MX700 mouse via USBoverdrive. Thanks Again!

~Echo

[Krypton]

Originally posted by Developer:
You can!

Har har har! When you're looking to produce some graphics, let me know so I can point you towards some crayons

Anyhow, surely people agree that very few developers have taken the time to plan out what features people want in such an app, instead of just making it up as they go along.

[Krypton]

Hmmmmmm, turns out Synergy Advance (in development at the moment) could be the answer to my quest

[cybergoober]

Originally posted by Krypton:
Anyhow, surely people agree that very few developers have taken the time to plan out what features people want in such an app, instead of just making it up as they go along.

Hmm.

I would wager that a lot of developers create these things for themselves at first, then choose to make their work available to others…

[Jan Van Boghout]

Originally posted by cybergoober:
Hmm.

I would wager that a lot of developers create these things for themselves at first, then choose to make their work available to others…

Exactly

[Krypton]

Originally posted by Jan Van Boghout:
Exactly

That looks pretty nifty, does it do anything?

[Jan Van Boghout]

Originally posted by Krypton:
That looks pretty nifty, does it do anything?

Not much, right now it just sits there and displays the current song

[fisherKing]

i've been using 2 great apps...
itunes track gives me artist/song titles on the desktop (i've got a "windowless" display, ie just text;
and imote, which gives me keyboard control (at any time, no matter what app i'm running), and is otherwise "invisible"; i can start, stop, go to the next tune, change volume, etc.

a perfect combo!

[ambush]

Originally posted by Jan Van Boghout:
Not much, right now it just sits there and displays the current song

Can we have it

[Krypton]

Menu Tunes

This is definitely the best of the bunch, although it doesn't read songs in its playlist sub menu... sigh

[ryju]

The default one is perfect for me...just kind of bulky.

[Russian Mac fan]

Konfabulator with Itunes bar is the answer to my prayers - I tried them all (Synergy included). ITunes bar can have an option of showing Arist and song name without the radiostation description when playing online radio streams.

http://www.widgetgallery.com/view.php?widget=32430

[sandman]

Originally posted by Russian Mac fan:
Konfabulator with Itunes bar is the answer to my prayers - I tried them all (Synergy included). ITunes bar can have an option of showing Arist and song name without the radiostation description when playing online radio streams.

http://www.widgetgallery.com/view.php?widget=32430

That's exactly what I use. A new skin just came out for it which makes only the text and control buttons visible. So you only have the track name and info on the left corner of the screen, and volume and playback controls on the right corner all of which only takes up the bottom 10 pixels or so of your screen. It works perfectly, with keyboard controls as well.