Another finder annoyance (with spaces)

I am using spaces with the config that if I click on a application in the dock which has an open window in another space, it does not throw me into that space, but just stays in the space where I am and activates the app. I get that behavior by deactivating the last option in the spaces preferences. I mucho like it that way because with that setup I get the following: If an application window is open on my current space, clicking once on the application icon activates that window (and brings it into the foreground when I am not seeing it), but when no window of the app is open on the space, it does not throw me away, it just activates the app and I get the chance to open a new window of that app by hand.
This setup works perfectly for all application I use...except finder. When I have a finder window open in space 1 and I am currently on space 2 and I click on the finder icon and no finder window is present in space 2 I get thrown all the way to space 1. It annoys me quite a bit because it is an inconsistency in the user interface.
I already searched the forum database. I found one topic where a user describes exactly the same behavior I am experiencing. No solution provided though.
So is that a bug or a feature (which I would not understand)?
I can reproduce that behavior on three different machines (but all running 10.6.2).
Kind Regards

Here I have the same issues! Latest build of 10.4. with and without the last Security Update and iChat Update (so this is not the reason). Permissions seems right. I can redo the freeze when starting Dashboard. It stayes ever on opening the widgets …
Have also the same issue when login as Admin without running any additional sofware (where no additional Widgets are running - simply the 4 default ones) - finder Freezes with spinning beachball
Whats wrong on these systems??
4x2.5 GhZ G5 Quad Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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