Illustrator Smooth Color Blend Stops Working

Hi,
Sometimes for no apparent reason the blend tool decides to just stop blending in smooth color mode. When I click "make blend," there is always 1 step between gradients.
This happens to other users as well. I tried restarting, resetting blend tool parameters, and nothing works. Smooth color blend is a must. I'm on CS3, but this happens too in CS and CS2.
Thanks.

J:
I have had this problem with CS2 and it is probably a bug. I just go into the blend dialogue after making the blend and reset smooth, or select a large number of specified steps to make it work. Is this dumb or what?
steve

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