Why is the crafting window still so limiting?

[Silverbane]

Regarding Garland Tools:

While nice to know, it's not really an excuse, or a reasonable replacement to the I'm game equivalent, and I'd much rather have it in game

I'd prefer it not to be in-game. Because Garland Tools is outside the game, I can use without it interference with my in-game activities, or even when not on the game. For example, with Garland, I can queue for a Roulette, and while I wait, I can put together a materials list for a gear set (as I did yesterday when I made a complete set L25 Gathering gear for my alt), get the mats out (tracking that Garland Tools), craft the intermediate mats (tracking in Garland), and craft the end products, and if the DF queue pops during any of that, my lists and progress is still over on Garland, still visible, still correct when the Duty ends. I can even close Garland and come back later, and the lists and all will still be there.

Doing that in-game would be difficult if not impossible. Plus Garland Tool isn't limited by server resource considerations or the need to run on PS3 either. It actually might be impossible to create something as nice as Garland Tools within FFXIV.