I agree, but it sounds to me that the issue then is not with lean and mean code per se. Both AirWindows and people using native interfaces in plugins are leaner, meaner and more accessible than your example.
And by the way, to keep on topic, "handmade" audio software people are not really creating their own GUI toolkit. That's the big boys at Waves, Native Instruments, IK Multimedia, etc.
The problem to me is that people are trying to make things that look exactly the same everywhere with complete disregard for both the user and the particularities of each platform.
And by platform I don't just mean the OS: one of my pet peeves with audio software are plugins that skip the DAW's preset saving and implement their own. The walked an extra mile only to give me a shitty interface when I wish I could just use Logic presets or whatever.
And by the way, to keep on topic, "handmade" audio software people are not really creating their own GUI toolkit. That's the big boys at Waves, Native Instruments, IK Multimedia, etc.
The problem to me is that people are trying to make things that look exactly the same everywhere with complete disregard for both the user and the particularities of each platform.
And by platform I don't just mean the OS: one of my pet peeves with audio software are plugins that skip the DAW's preset saving and implement their own. The walked an extra mile only to give me a shitty interface when I wish I could just use Logic presets or whatever.