10.4.8 -- Files Dragged Onto Folders Are Placed WAAAAY Down The Folder

Hey.
Ever since upgrading from 10.4.7 to 10.4.8, many folders are now behaving weirdly.
In 10.4.7, if I were to drag-drop a jpg file, for example, onto a closed folder, it would be automatically placed inside the folder in the nearest vacant space. Now, in most cases, whether it is one file or multiple files being simultaneously dragged-dropped onto a closed folder, the files are dispersed wildly, a lengthy stretch down the folder in area that previously wasn't used (didn't exist) and had no files placed that far down.
I used Snapz Pro to record a quick example of a miscelaneous folder, showing the wild dispersal of new files that were drag-dropped onto an old closed folder. The only items in the old folder prior to the drag-drop, was the row of image icons visible at the top of the folder. The lengthy stretch downward of wildly placed files was created when those new files were drag-dropped onto the closed folder.
The video is viewable at YouTube, here [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHl3tfxfwBs ]. It's kind of blurry because the video pixel size was shrunk by YouTube to their default screen size. But you can see the icons, the mouse's cursor dragging the scroll bar downward, etc. Please take a quick look. It's only 15 seconds long.
Is anyone else experiencing this? It is REALLY ANNOYING! I plan on writing Apple's feedback and making a complaint. But I figured I would ask here first and see if anyone else noticed this.
17" iMac G4, 1GHz PowerPC, 768mb RAM Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I would have to say, no arrangement. I don't know where to set "name, date modified, date created, size, etc." for folders.
It does it with brand new folders also. And with folders created after the upgrade. But it doesn't do it with all folders, either pre-10.4.8 or post.
I'm going to run a Repair Disk Permissions later and see what happens. But please, if you think of anything else, say it.

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