Finder's Inspector still broken?

For those that don't know, the Inspector in Finder is a persistent version of the "Get Info" window that changes depending on what item is selected in the Finder. In Tiger, it was fairly well understood to be buggy in that the Sharing & Permissions section did not update along with the other info as various folders & files were selected in the Finder, more or less getting stuck on the first item selected when it was invoked. A related bug was that changes to permissions made through it often didn't actually happen.
It seems that the new Leopard version has the same display problem & probably the same change permissions bug, although I have not tested for that yet.
For those who know what I'm talking about, have you notice the same thing or is it just me?
Thanks for your input!

gareth26 wrote:
is there a difference between the information on the inspector and simply clicking on get info?
There is for me for some files but apparently not for everybody. I do not notice this with system-owned files but for some user owned ones (all with what are apparently custom permissions because they belong to the staff group), I can have the "Get Info" window open saying "You have custom access" & the Inspector window open saying "You can read and write" -- both for the same file.
Update: this may have something to do with an item assigned to group "unknown user." I believe I have just made that user "known" (see Apple - Support - Discussions - "You have custom access"??? for that saga) & now it appears I no longer see the Inspector get "stuck" on the permissions of the first item inspected.
I will have to dig around & see if the unknown user is really banished from my system, but this may explain what might be a subtle bug in the routine that updates the Inspector info display ... maybe.
I will post more details if I discover anything of interest; otherwise, this may now be a non-issue for me.
Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread.

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1 - 2. Local variables work normally in RT, although their use, as usual, is discouraged - especially in RT where there's no front panel.
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