Bowtie: iTunes controller with style

Bowtie is a beautiful application but I'm sticking with CoverSutra for now. I like having the ability to search through my music without having to return to iTunes.

there are a bunch of other themes for cover sutra available on deviant art and at macthemes, but you do need to rename them as one you already have (I think) when placing them in the themes or resources folder...

I currently use GimmeSomeTune and it's simply awesome. You should give it a try!

Have you tried TotalTunes Control (http://www.eagle-of-liberty.com/totaltunescontrol/)? You can still create hot keys and if your a mouse jockey there back back, play/pause/skip on the system menu bar.

It's still in beta because they are also coding an mac theming app which will be released this month, supposedly. They are college students so the fact that they get anything done while going to school is amazing in itself.

Bowtie is awesome, I love the HTML and CSS based theme design. Love this project and I hope Laurent keeps it up!

Great, because the menubar icon is the only thing it's missing, another thing that would be nice is if it could always stay on desktop level, even if you show the desktop via spaces, because sometimes I can't see what song is playing right away, and even though I know what it is I like seeing it, in coversutra I used to just hide all windows, but Bowtie disappears.

That and the menubar is pretty much all it's missing to be a lightweight but functional iTunes controller. Great job!

I've been using it since the beta was announced and released. I find it much better than Coversutra. I've found one bug but most users probably won't see it. If you delete a song while playing, or after it just played, Bowtie will hang up for a little bit.

@Bassir, I have hotkeys because I mapped on of the buttons on my Logitech VX Rev to skip the track.

I wouldn't call it "unobtrusive" when it requires you to have its icon sitting in your dock while it's open. If they realize they're supposed to give us the option of a menu bar icon and implement it in a future version, I'd love to keep using Bowtie. I just don't want to add clutter to my dock for the sake of an app which, by its very nature, is supposed to sit discreetly in the background.

I've been using this since beta. There is a big bug; if you quit iTunes while bowtie is open, it crashes.
That issue aside, it rocks. I would note however, that the real attraction is last.fm log in and a desktop visual of the artwork, replacing cover sutra, an app that costs money, with a less cpu intensive, imminently skin-able free application.
Also of note is that the default hot keys are identical with the default iTunes hot key controls in quicksilver.