Dragging items from Safari windows

I drag items, such as images, links, text clippings, etc. from Safari windows to the Finder or to Mail all the time. There's probably a concise name for that feature, but I can't think of it at the moment. Anyway, sometimes it simply refuses to work; the item visually snaps back to its position on the page (or the address bar) as soon as I let go of it. Often, if I go elsewhere (such as, for example, here to ask a question about it) and come back later the problem is gone. Any idea what causes this? It's been going on for years, in every then-current software version, though I admit not having tried 10.6 yet.

Sorry, I should have been clearer: the exact same thing that will drag to another window normally, sometimes won't. And then it will again later. The particular item that got me to post was the URL in the address bar; I opened a new window and found this board, then went back to the other window which I had not touched in the meantime and was able to drag the address to the desktop again. And since posting, I've found it's not limited to Safari, so perhaps this wasn't the best place to post. It's nothing serious, just really annoying.... when it happens at all.

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