InDesign 5.0.2 on Leopard doesn't hide and crashes on File Dialogues

What is wrong with Adobe?!!! Do they not realize that their software is garbage and that InDesign is a pile of crap on Leopard...crashing every time I try to save a file, or place an image.
Does it not know that some times Apple-H hides the application, and other times it does not.
Or am I the only one that has these really annoying problems. On a PowerMac G5 Dual 2.7.
Please fix this mess.

> Seriously though, what ever happened to customer service, where it didn't matter who was at fault, or how big the problem was...the vendor would do anything to make things right. ... Sigh...you just don't get it.
No spungraphics,
b you
don't get it.
You don't get that one of the top development engineers and print evangelists at Adobe has taken the time out to personally address your concerns
b twice
in this thread.
He has done so in a highly professional manner. As an Adobe employee he has kept his personal feelings out of the debate.
He has not used pejorative terms like "whinning". Rather, he has stated that Apple acknowleges the bug.
You have given vague comments that somehow you "know" that it would not be a big deal for Adobe to "fix it."
It is true that my comments are harsh. (And no, I don't work for Adobe. I wouldn't last a week.) But your comments are a waste of the bandwidth on this
b user to user forum.
This is a forum where non-Adobe people help other non-Adobe people solve problems.
I have posted hundreds of replies in the InDesign forum that solve problems or suggest solutions or educate people as to how to work with InDesign. Some of these postings have involved videos that were posted in other places. Others were scripts that solved problems. Still others were simple text statements.
You sir have posted
b nothing.
The only postings on record for you are the complaints you have in this single thread.
In addition, I have gone to your web site and you are hardly a software developer.
You are a (very) young man who has worked in creating multimedia presentations and web sites.
There is nothing on your resume that indicates you have actually engineered any software. Web sites and presentations are not software development.
Meanwhile, since I see that you are based in Toronto, I offer the following challenge to you:
I will be at the InDesign and Creative Suite conferences next week in Toronto at the Metro Toronto Convention Center.
There will be a "Game Show" contest on Tuesday night starting at 5 PM. Even if you are not registered at the conference, I will get you in as a contestant in the game.
You can then pit your InDesign skills against me as the game developer and the other attendees at the show.
Let's see just how well you say you know InDesign.

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