MAC ANDY  this is one of my must have. I use it all the day to remote control iTunes. Thanks for such a perfect app!  
(Version 3.3.7)

CDAVEC  App does what it advertises and well! I work from home and listen to music. I need a quick way to interact with Music when calls come in, etc. This app is great! I'm looking forward to the 64-bit version!  
(Version 3.3.6)

KILLSAPO  on this new version 3.3.6, floater sticks on the screen, doesn't fade away for me.

gotta stop and restart sk to get rid of the floater...  
(Version 3.3.6)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Yet another terrific app from Yellow Mug Software. My Microsoft Intellitype keyboard just went on the fritz, and I really missed being able to hit a button on the keyboard to control iTunes, or switch to it, but with SizzlingKeys, I'm doing things just as fast, plus I have even more control over what happens in iTunes, from anywhere. The Yellow Mug Software Bundle was such a good deal I couldn't pass it up, and the extra Pro features for SizzlingKeys are just icing on the cake. Highly recommended!  
(Version 3.3.5)

ANDREAS HALBERG  This is a great piece of software and I use it all the time, without ever having any problems.

I wrote a mail suggesting a feature, and within a few hours I got a reply, that said he would look into it. Fantastic!   
(Version 3.3.5)

SUN ZEN  The best, I also have a license  
(Version 3.3.5)

SUPERMAN S  The Best :) I even have a license, I love   
(Version 3.3.5)

CAWAS  Very nice little app that should even be built in the System Preferences in Leopard (Mac OS 10.5).

I'm missing few things:

- changing shortcut for brightness display

- saving customized preferences to somehow export in another machine (keep in sync)... although this should work together with some other app instead of trying to built it in.

- Open source! I'm trying for quite some time to know how this is done, and I'd love just to know how it's done, and why did I need a software to get it done. But I guess for this item I'll have to keep investing on my research.

Other than that, does pretty much everything I wanted to and couldn't do with keyboard preferences. Specially nice "Floater" feature. You should sell this to apple integrate into snow leopard or maybe the next OS. :P  
(Version 3.3.5)

STEPHEN WASHBURN  Excellent application... it has a relatively straightforward purpose... to bring keyboard controls to iTunes for those of us that don't have one of the new aluminum keyboards and this application does it very well. Additionally the display boxes showing the album artwork and information of the playing track is very nicely done, and the free version (which I have used extensively until recently when I upgraded to the paid version to support the develoepr) works very well. I have been impressed by the level of updates done to the application and the level of functionality provided in the free version.

Top notch developer, top notch application... keep it up!  
(Version 3.3.4)

FREDERICO  SizzlingKeys 3.3.1 is darn near perfect. It doesn't cram in all the features that other iTunes managers do (and don't believe for a moment it doesn't have plenty!) but that's part of what makes it great. Its Floater is the prettiest, most elegant, most reliable, responsive and CPU-friendly one of them all.

The ease in which you can set nearly all the useful keystrokes most users ever need to control iTunes (and more!) and stay productive in their primary tasks is a tribute to the developer's sense of what makes for a good Mac product. The newer features, such as Select Playlist and Find Song were welcome surprises to a longtime user; I don't know how long they were hiding in there while I have been using my own clunky AppleScripts with Growl an GeekTool to do the same.

Perhaps to the developer's discredit, is that he gives away for free far more than he should. The result, I would guess, is thousands of super-satisfied users who never cough up the measly five bucks for this gem of a program, and perhaps keeps the developer from adding more features, some of them desperately overdue, such as support for half-star ratings.

The developer might argue that one can get free or paid support for at least assigning half-stars from a plethora of other sources, but that the Floater still doesn't display them is baffling to me; we've had them available in iTunes (via hack only since iTunes 8?) for more than a couple of years now. iTunes has always supported numerical rating values (0-100), and it's time for SK to catch up.

I'd also like to see support for display of Lyrics, and support to display more song tags, such as Composer (for classical and Jazz listening), Year, Genre (and a hot key to correct on the fly), BPM, Duration, Time Elapsed/Remaining, Comments, and more for the Floater.

It would also be nice if you could toggle the Floater size (and position) and Album Artwork display on the fly, as well.

But don't let these feature requests make you think that there isn't plenty of power already in SK. If you haven't already downloaded and started using it for free, you're missing out on the party for no good reason.

I have no use for the few features Yellow Mug reserves for its SK Pro users. But anyone who makes use of more than just the basic play/pause/next/etc. controls, especially if you use the Floater or the ratings, and doesn't kick out the fiver YM asks for to unlock the six out of more than thirty available controls, should be ashamed of themselves.

I am ashamed of myself, honestly; I haven't purchased a license in a few years, and I just got around to ordering a Family Pack (only because it gave a couple more bucks to Yellow Mug), for the ridiculously low price of $6.95 for five seats; and I plan to buy another family pack for home when I return. I use it on more than one machine, and I probably should buy a Pro license for at least my two primary machines, that's for sure, in spite of the fact I don't and won't use the Pro features.

Frankly, I wouldn't mind at all paying an annual subscription fee to make sure it at least stays functional and bug free as Mac OS X evolves, and I would gladly pay more if it keeps giving me new and useful tools.

I'd like to give SK 3.3.1 five stars, but as much as I rely on it, I have to penalize its own lack of support for the same feature by at least a half star. So, like SK, even though I am granting 4.5 stars, this review will only display 4.

Frederico 2009.06.24  
(Version 3.3.3)

STR1F3  This is an unbelievable app! It is by far the best iTunes controller. It gives you control over every imaginable shortcut to iTunes and system shortcuts like screen lock, system volume and others. The only flaw that I see is a shortcut to show lyrics and if possible, a shortcut to iTunes visualizations. Otherwise it would be perfect.

For those that want lyrics fetched go here: http://dougscripts.com/itunes/

iI is an AppleScript that uses lyricswiki just like gimmesometune and you don't have to play the song to get the lyrics. You can also do a batch of songs at once.

Please add show lyrics support.   
(Version 3.3.3)

ZEPHYRIS  This is the best app ever. Thanks developer for the freeware.  
(Version 3.3.3)

YULETIDE  Nice piece of software, but it lacks the one thing I really needed it for... assigning half-star ratings! Seems I'll have to stick with Quicksilver for now (since Synergy Advance died)   
(Version 3.3.1)

CAFEINE  Sizzling Keys functionality should come with mac os x natively... I am designing webpages and handle multiple programs such Dreamweaver, photoshop, safari, firefox all open the same time. When designing I like to hear music from iTunes in random. It's so annoying having to switch to iTunes everytime in order to skip a song etc. Sizzlingkeys rocks!!!!  
(Version 3.3)

BUSHBABYWAS  Extremely clear and simple to set up through a pane in System Preferences, and highly customisable. Displays album art reliably and It does everything all the many myriad other iTunes controllers do, but seems to be more reliable and stable. Let's you rate the currently playing song using a keyboard shortcut - without this I doubt I would ever rate my tracks.

The closest competitor for ease of use, features and stability seems to be the excellent GimmeSomeTune (http://www.macupdate.com/reviews.php?id=20412), but I think Sizzling Key's elegant pop-up notification looks a lot better than GimmeSomeTune's more cluttered, bezelled one. And Sizzling Keys has very slick playlist and search pop-ups, though to be honest I find switching to iTunes using the provided keyboard shortcut easier.

I would like to request, however, two features, one small, one a bit more ambitious. GimmeSomeTune has both.

a) the ability to only start when iTunes does, rather than upon system startup would be a boon. I realise this would require a small watcher daemon, but I still think it would be worth it. It's annoying to accidentally start iTunes by unintentionally pressing one of Sizzling Keys' keyboard shortcuts.

b) The killer feature, which would stop me switching to GimmeSomeTune, would be the ability to fetch lyrics for the playing song and display in a similar transparent window.

GimmeSomeTune's automatic search seems to work far more quickly and fetch many more lyrics than other similar applications, so implementation would v. good to top it. But it would make Sizzling Keys by far the best iTunes controller available.

Here's hoping.

Anyway, excellent app. This and GimmeSomeTune are the ones to get if you want an unobtrusive, powerful but easy to use iTunes controller.  
(Version 3.2.7)

HAZMAT  This utility is so great that I registered it without even needing the pro features, just to support the developer.  
(Version 3.2.6)

MACERICG  To the developers:

Any chance of making SizzlingKeys compatible with QTtunes (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/27762)?

Since iTunes is not compatible with streaming Windows Media/asx, I was forced to use the QuickTime browser for my radio stations. Now I use QTtunes and it works great -- but miss the SizzlingKeys control.

Combine your two great apps and you've got a real one-two punch winner.  
(Version 3.2.6)

JAZZADDICT  I just went to search around to see what other itunes controllers are out there. There were a lot. Some were well acclaimed. Some of them were pretty good. Despite the fact that some of them cost more than twice as much as SizzilingKeys and had some cool fancy features, I hurried back to Sizzling Keys real quick. It's a nice app for a fair price. Not to to mention I think it's the only .app I saw where you can move the floater with the mouse. That's killer.   
(Version 3.2.5)

SMOOSHIPANTZ  SizzlingKeys is awesome! Being able to search for songs/play from a playlist by pressing a couple of keys is just too convenient! I just upgraded to Pro to be able to scan through a song with a key press, and to support its development. Very good app.  
(Version 3.2.5)

RYAN M  I think this program is tops and I have used it for years. The free version does plenty, but I decided to support the developer and go Pro. For $7 for a family pack how can you not? Even if your Mac has built in media keys, this gives you the ability to use a keyboard shortcut to go to login screen (AKA Locking your screen) and adds a lovely floater when tracks switch.  
(Version 3.2.4)

SKATEJUNK  Exactly what I have been looking for! Very customizable and fully featured... actually has more features than I need, but works great! Highly Recommended to Anyone!  
(Version 3.2.4)

BJUNE  BOMB!

do more. tweak my entire mac's short cuts short comings.....please.  
(Version 3.2.4)

FUSIONBOAR  This is not just a great iTunes controller, it's essentially great security tool because it provides a keyboard shortcut for locking the screen (via the FUS Login Window). Great bargain too consider low registration fee.  
(Version 3.2.3)

PERSICO  The best iTunes controller ever: simple, clean, useful and clean! Control your iTunes, nothing more, nothing less...  
(Version 3.2.3)

SOOB  For me, it's all about keyboard access and screen real estate. I've been using third-party iTunes controllers since pre-OS X days and the one thing my preferred apps have had in common is the ability to control iTunes using hotkeys and an absence menu bar icons or palettes or Dock badges or what have you taking up my screen when I don't need it.

SizzlingKeys has all this in spades. And after using the free version for a couple years -- extremely capable as is -- I gladly paid the small registration fee for the "Pro" features.  
(Version 3.2.2)

JRBQ  One of the reasons that there are so many review of this software may be that the company prompts registrants to write a review.

That said, as you can tell, many of us who use this software like it. The free version is good enough that I felt grateful enough to pay the $5 registration fee. That was two years ago for a previous version 1.6.4-- so you can see they don't ask for more money for an upgrade.  
(Version 3.2.1)

LUCKY8  It's what I use. Of all the alternatives out there - and I've tried many - I always come back to SizzlingKeys.

The only thing I'm not entirely pleased with, is the lacking configurability of the floating window with its art display - I'd like more text options (to add composer, for instance), as well as the ability make the image much larger. A separate lyrics window with its own hotkey would be neat too!

Oh, and I just bought the entire Yellow Mug bundle - good value, great apps.  
(Version 3.1)

HIDDENPOOH  Looked around for ages to find a good Itunes controller and this really does fit the bill. Small, cheap, unobtrusive and just the right number of features. Global hot keys work very well and the floating notification window is just perfect.  
(Version 3.0.9)

SCOTTG_  Simple concept, great execution, great price. Just what I need at work so I can turn the volume down unobtrusively when the boss is trying to talk to me!  
(Version 3.0.9)

COLIN  Simply an excellent little extension to iTunes, it allows you to quickly search, has a non-intrusive pop-up to notify you of what you're listening to, and a wide variety of keyboard shortcuts.

I would highly suggest this for anyone on a MacBook or PowerBook, it's far more efficient than using iTunes itself. As well, one is generally using a lot more keyboard shortcuts when on the go anyhow.

Oh, and it's inexpensive to boot!  
(Version 3.0.8)

NEONBLUE2  SizzlingKeys is an awesome app if you like to play games with iTunes open, which was partially the reason I went looking for something like it.

It has more features then I find need for and the Floater is excellent, especially its implementation of Quartz.  
(Version 3.0.7)

AUDACITYISVERYSCARY  I ike it still after what seems like at least a year using it. Sometimes when I reboot it doesn't work until I turn it off and on again. Weird. Annoying. Otherwise good. I never got the hang out of searching but the play/pause, next track/last track definitely are functional and effective and it's free!  
(Version 3.0.7)

GENERAL HONEYPOT  I'm using this product right now. It's smooth and easy to use. It does it's job effortlessly and without fuss.

You control SizzlingKeys from a preference pane which is easy to install.

I like it. It definitely adds to itunes.  
(Version 3.0.7)

JOSH G  Simply awesome.

I love how unobtrusive it is, it just sits in the background until I need it.

Great if you have a wireless keyboard, you can control iTunes or even pick a song from across the room!  
(Version 3.0.4)

ALUAKZ  Love this little app!  
(Version 3.0.4)

BRUCE_Y  Just started using SizzlingKeys 302. (I had used an earlier 1.x version on my last Mac, but hadn't gotten around to installing this onto the Tiger yet.)

Pretty cool. Puts a translucent, resizable, re-positionable display on desktop. Then use keyboard to control iTunes. The keys cover all of the mini-iTunes controls, plus more:

- can set star rating from hot-key

- can display and jump to a playlist

- can search for songs

- and from the search, can create a to-be-played list from that - sweet (it creates a special SizzlingKeys playlist. A little bit like an iPod on-the-go playlist).

- Plus it displays the album art if your songs have art in them.

All in all pretty cool application.

(Plus the Pro version adds a couple of neat controls)  
(Version 3.0.2)

ROYTHETOXICBOY  Simply, nice and free. The best iTunes controller ever...  
(Version 3.0.2)

S P L A T !  simply, easy, nice, works!

BIGGGGG THANX

:)  
(Version 3.0)

MENDOZARADER  I love it. 2.2 fixed the bug I reported earlier. Thanks. I hated having to learn new hotkeys from another program. But now that this is fixed, I'm back.

If you have iTunes and you listen to music all day long, this is the helper software to use.  
(Version 2.2)

JRBQ  It's often noted that reviews are often negative because satisfied people don't post. I'm not negating the problems people may have noted, but I've had no problems with Sizzling Keys Pro (or whatever they call the $5 upgrade).

I've used it w/ iTunes 6.02 on OS 10.3.9 on an iBook, and on OS 6.03 on OS 10.4.4 and 10.4.5 on an iBook.

I've gotten my $5 worth by being able to rate songs without having to switch into itunes and aim the mouse at the star rating-- instead I use keyboard shortcuts. I can also change volume, advance songs, move ahead 40 seconds in a song, mute Itunes and a few other things. Much of this is also available in the free version.

My only complaint? I wish the website was more informative-- as it is you have to play with it to learn it and get price info.  
(Version 2.2)

MENDOZARADER  HELP!!!

I did the iTunes upgrade to 6.0.3 on 2/17/2006 and now SizzlingKeys won't respond to the HotKeys and doesn't show album art.

When I press a hotkey, the Floater gets displayed, but nothing actually happens.

Please fix. I love this software. It will really mess me up if I don't have it. :)  
(Version 2.1)

KINGRAT  works great, been looking for something like this.  
(Version 2.1)

NICKSAP  It says this is a standalone app now, but when I open the system preference, it complains about the application not being installed in the Applications folder.  
(Version 2.0)

MACUSER25  The only slight issue I have with SizzlingKeys is that sometimes when I quit iTunes, SizzlingKeys will open the app. back up again. I'm not sure if its because of the floater or..I dunno...anyone else have that issue?

Other than that, I love SizzlingKeys...Great addition to my Mac!  
(Version 1.7.1)

ANONYMOUS  Easy to use, everything you want in hot keys and a floater. EXCELLENT!  
(Version 1.7)

ANONYMOUS  Some minor glitches with DesktopManager - for some curious reason iTunes wants to go to previous track when changing desktop (not always) Anyhow - I like this better than the keys on my logitech keyb (they're darn slow).  
(Version 1.6.4)

ANONYMOUS  Works great. No problem here. Did not experience issue mentioned by Tournesol.  
(Version 1.6.4)

TOURNESOL  Completely freezes iTunes and sometimes entire system, had no problems at all with 1.6.2 - have removed the app and installed Synergy instead which works flawless. Something went wrong with 1.6.3 and 1.6.4  
(Version 1.6.4)

ANONYMOUS  It says version 1.6.4 after upgrading. Not 1.6.3... So what is it?  
(Version 1.6.3)

RITZ  one of my favourite apps for a while...

great work this one ;-)  
(Version 1.6.3)

ANONYMOUS  Small bug, it seems, with this version: floater pops up between each song no matter how it's set. Great controller though.  
(Version 1.6.3)

MJP  Awesome, awesome, awesome. Frequently updated, runs like a champ, does what it says and does it free. Happy times.  
(Version 1.6.2)

ANONYMOUS  The best controller is the one you don´t see but which is at your fingertip. thats exactly what sizzlingkeys is.

(and its getting better all the time)  
(Version 1.6.2)

TENORTITAN08  Wow this is just what i needed

I can be playing an involved video game, and change the song right in the middle of it. I absolutely love it!  
(Version 1.6.2)

MJ FROM UK  This an excelent application, so cool!

The only thing I'd like to see is an application icon for SizzlingKeys.

Unobtrusive and small in file size, this is the best implementation of a hot key app.  
(Version 1.6.2)

ANONYMOUS  This is close to being a complete hotkey solution for me. All it needs is a key for "start screensaver".  
(Version 1.6.2)

ANONYMOUS  When can SizzlingKeys4iTunes.app has it icon??  
(Version 1.6)

A NONY MOUSE  Very useful and unobtrusive iTunes controller. Has every important function and works quite fine. And the best thing: the basic features are free. Thanks and keep up the good work!  
(Version 1.5.8)

PAKKMAN781  Wonderful! Awesome! Excellent! What more can I say? Thanks for keeping it (mostly) free!

It is going to or already is Tiger compatable, right?  
(Version 1.5.8)

BV  came back over from synergy to find this app perfect. it has really grown from it's early days. great work!

i would love to see the ability to change the text color too on the floater...  
(Version 1.5.7)

ERIK K VELAND  Absolutely fantastic! I can't understand why it took me so long to install something like this!

Can you add support for Growl in the next version? I like consistency in my notification floaters ;)  
(Version 1.5.7)

ANONYMOUS  WOW!

Ummm, serial number?!? I thought this was free.  
(Version 1.5.7)

ANONYMOUS  WOW!

1000x times better than Synergy or Fastunes

i cant believe it!

Really great Work!

Thank you very very much!  
(Version 1.5.6)

FRANZ  WOW!

new "auto-center" positioning its a great feature and make more comfortable when floater autorezise it.

THANX a lot Jay Teo!  
(Version 1.5.6)

ANONYMOUS  Awesome, but... on every update I have to re-enter my preferred key combinations :(

Would also be really good to have a 'check for new versions at startup' option...  
(Version 1.5.5)

ANONYMOUS  Great stuff! The perfect iTunes controller for me. Very unobtrusive. I really like the new floater options in this version! Thanks guys for contributing this as free software!!  
(Version 1.5.5)

ANONYMOUS  I really like this one. That's why I paid the fee.

But lately, I tend to use Synergy more (which I also bought), because it can be used with growl.

I'd really love it if Sizzlingkeys registered a Growl plugin to use its notification system.  
(Version 1.5.5)

ANONYMOUS  Yes! resizable floater! Booyah!

Now how about that "start screen saver" button?  
(Version 1.5.5)

ANONYMOUS  I would like to see an option to choose what gets displayed in the

Floater (example: Artist - Title). Also, the floater is so big because

it is formatted kinda spread out, I think anyway. The song title font

size could be the same size as the artist and album. There is another

little itunes controller out there called FastTunes that has an ideal

display window that pops up, but it can't be moved around on the

desktop or changed in regards to opacity and color. However, I really

like what has been included in SizzlingKeys. I LOVE being able to use

my F10 F11 and F12 keys to control previous, next and play/pause.

WONDERFUL!!!

Thanks  
(Version 1.5.4)

PABLO  Excellent iTunes controller, works great!!

A little request: the floater could show the length of the song, just that...

Keep the good work!  
(Version 1.5.4)

PETER DA SILVA  Search is cool.

Search would be cooler if you could "add to party shuffle" or "play next in party shuffle" the song(s) you find.  
(Version 1.5.4)

ANDI BAUMGARTNER  When i use the hot keys to maximize the windows, the app works great, but when i want to minimize the windows, it wont let me do it.   
(Version 1.5.1)

THRASS  Without a doubt the best iTunes controller I've come across. Clean and uncluttered. The only thing I'd wish for: a floater window that adjusts its size according to its content (many of my interpret tags don't fit).  
(Version 1.4)

ANONYMOUS  How about a hot key to lock the computer by starting the screen saver, which works under 10.2 as well?  
(Version 1.3.1)

ANONYMOUS  Excellent program. It does exactly what I want and I couldn't ask for anything more.  
(Version 1.3)

ANONYMOUS  Unlike iTunesCheck - this is still a 10.2 App. Thanx for being so forward thinking.  
(Version 1.3)

ANONYMOUS  It's a great app. Because it is for free (not like Synergy).  
(Version 1.3)

BRANDON  Great utility! I've been looking for something like this for a while. I plan on using this until Tiger (10.4) comes out. (Then I'll just use the built-in widget :-)  
(Version 1.3)

ANONYMOUS  I can't believe something like this hasn't been available for iTunes yet! A must have iTunes companion!  
(Version 1.3)

BUSSI BAER  i love this app. works very good. but - the last update cause the following failures:

safari crashed several times while floating window from sk4t opens.

since i installed the update my mac do not remind me that my battery is empty. the computer go to sleep modus without warning.  
(Version 1.2.2)

ANONYMOUS  Outstanding support!!!  
(Version 1.2.2)

FRANZ  every day better and better

the best utility of your kind...

"SizzlingKeys" rules!  
(Version 1.2.2)

ANONYMOUS  I had a problem with the previous version crashing, but after I e-mailed I had this version the next day and seems to work fine. For some reason my volume hot keys dont work, but other than that great support and cant wait to see more features added on.  
(Version 1.2.1)

BUSSI BAER  one of the best nice little helping hands on my mac  
(Version 1.2)

ANONYMOUS  It's nice, but X-Tunes is more elegant and easier to use.  
(Version 1.2)

ANONYMOUS  FANTASTIC !! If it weren't for the fact that I'm already using BUTLER to control my iTunes through shortcuts, THIS application would have been the thing that was looking for since ages. So for those NOT using BUTLER, this is the thing !  
(Version 1.2)

ANONYMOUS  Great program! But... what's it doing to use up 15MB of memory? I'd have expected the daemon portion of this app to need more like 15 kB... :)  
(Version 1.1)

ANONYMOUS  This is an almost perfect replacement for the now-defunct PTHiTunesNotifier. All it needs are two features. 1) Have the floating window come up automatically when iTunes changes tracks, and 2) put in hot keys to increase/decrease the rating, instead of just assigning stars.  
(Version 1.1)

ANONYMOUS  I love the program but it freezes on my screen all the time! does anyone have an answer to this?  
(Version 1.1)

CRAZYSWEDISHGUY  I haven't tried SizzlingKeys4iTunes but I know Butler lets you control iTunes quite easily (except for the library search which unlike quicksilver it doesn't yet have!!!! I'm waiting for it, because Butler is undeniably my favorite app on this website) in addition to all the other things it lets you do. Why use several apps when a single one can do it all?  
(Version 1.1)

ANONYMOUS  This is great, but how is the new "floating status window" suppose to work? All of the other key commands work fine. Is there any documentation? I'm using iTunes 4.5 with Mac OS 10.3.3 on a PowerBook G4.  
(Version 1.0.3)

MILL  I downloaded this pane for my work computer and found myself trying to do the same keyboard board combos at home with no avail. So after several weeks of procrastinating, I finally installed it.

I had to look through all the other similar apps/addons, and besides this being a free app, it's the right size too for my little Clamshell iBook running 10.3.3.

I love the easy install for either OS X version. The re-assigning of key combos is simple, to the point, and works flawlessly.

One item that might be a good option is to have a key comand that brings up the current playing song title and artist.

Keep up the great work!

-Mill  
(Version 1.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  GREAT app, Thanks... but it should restart the current tune instead of going to the previous track directly  
(Version 1.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  X-Tunes is my preferred itunes conrtoller. It does the same as this app but adds more useful functionality to the user. When you command for the next tune, a splash screen appears with the name of the song (you control the opacity and length of time the window appears). If you want to hear the current selection again, X-Tunes will return to start of the tune, not like sizzlingkeys, that plays previous tune. Plus it is also free!  
(Version 1.0.1)

MORANNON  Great work! Thank you for this application!  
(Version 1.0)

MACBUDDY  I was looking to see if iTunes Tools had been updated last night, or if any new or re-newed - but free, (I'm broke right now) - iTunes controllers have become available, that I'd like to try/re-try.

This works very nicely. Thanks.

The only 'missing feature' I can think of - that might be useful - would be to 'search' forward/backward through a song. Don't know if that would be possible, tho'.

Anyway, thanks again,  
(Version 1.0)

JONATHAN GARDNER  This is the kind of app that makes using a computer easier and more fun - without any hassle or unnecessary flufff. I love the simplicity of being able to access the basic iTunes controls at any time without having to open a window or switch out of an open app. Very elegant! Works as advertised. The only reason I gave this a 4 under stability is because I haven't yet used it long enough to know if it has any potential conflicts. None so far. Kudos to the author!  
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ANONYMOUS  finally, that's all i can say, finally.  
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IBLINK  Perfect! This is exactly what I have been looking for. I left a request in a forum for something like this, not sure if that is a coincidence or not. But I don't care. I have tried Synergy, which isn't free. All I wanted were some universal keys to control iTunes. Yes, Synergy has this but it also has a lot of other crap I don't want (album covers). I have also tried X-Tunes but you need to punch in the keys to make a window appear before using the hot keys. Awsome! Thank a bunch for this lovely preference pane. :-)  
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