4.0.3 Tab behavior a mess again...

as an update to this post: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10181063
i had concluded that tabs worked as expected when i rebooted and restarted safari a few times. turns out this is not the case. the situation is weird, as it now has defined parameters regarding when it happens.
as far as i can tell, the ability to close a tab within an open window via command-w is only available when not in the primary window. it appears to work well when i have multiple window open, and only in windows opened after the first one.
if i start up safari, open a few tabs of sites, and command-w, i get the warning about closing a window with multiple tabs. if i then open a new window, and within it a bunch of sites in tabs, it works as expected. closing each tab via command-w for each, including the final tab which at that point is just the window (assuming that you don't have the tab bar always visible).
this is very un-mac-like. i want to assume that it's a bug. anyone else experience this or able to reproduce the situation?
thanks,
- jeremy

No I hadn't and no I don't
However, I did just download and install the appropriate version of Saft for Safari 4 on Tiger and that seems to have cleared up the issue. Or, at the very least, hidden it.
Thanks for the suggestions!
Yours,
Neal

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