Finder window persisting after TM browser Cancelled

I'm curious to know if people find the Finder window persisting annoying after Cancelling the TM browser ?
I quite frequently review files within the TM browser. Sometimes I will restore a file or two or simply browse etc. When I'm finished and Cancel a Finder window always sits on my display and I have to quit it. This extra action is a real time waster for me and I wish this Finder window wouldn't persist as I have no good reason to use it for anything.
Do others feel the same way ?
I'm thinking of sending an enhancement request to Apple to have this persistent Finder window not show after cancelling out of TM browser.
Thanks...

Would you please explain the reason why you think this Finder window is useful.
I'm not wanting to have to maintain yet another work-around for something that appears to me as an oversight in the TM browser's Cancel process. During my TM beta testing this Finder window did not persist as it does with the Leopard GM and so I'm assuming it was either designed to be useful or was somehow forgotten to be removed.
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