AFAIR one book I once read on the subject ("Takeoffs and landings" by Leighton Collins) advocates the crab (or rather just de-crabbing before touchdown) without much wing-lowering even for smaller aircraft without large engine pods, arguing that the crab is more comfortable to maintain and adjust during short final, the wind mostly changes near the surface anyway, so wing-low means more last-second-adjustments, unless the plane keeps floating no significant drift will develop after straigthening it with rudder and that two gear struts handle the impact of landing better than one.
Edit: referring to the video above, not sure about the usefulness of illustrating crosswind landings with PC sims. Whether MSFS or X-Plane, this is one aspect where they perform very poorly IMHO, especially concerning ground friction.
Last edited by Armchairflyer; 7th Feb 2014 at 12:42.