IWeb crashes w/ media browser

I guess iWeb isn't ready for prime time yet. I feel like a beta tester...
Every time I open iWeb's media browser and try to import any photo or simply click on an iPhoto album - iWeb crashes. It's done it in 10.4.3 and it does it in 10.4.4. Consistently.
So, how am I supposed to put photos up on my .mac account now? The home page button is gone from iPhoto. I have to use iWeb - but I can't because it crashes every time I use the media browser.
Either there is a very simple thing I am missing here, or Apple needs to fix this bug ASAP. I feel quite stuck. Am I the only one?
--- Markus ---
PowerBook G4 (1.25 GHz) Mac OS X (10.4.4)

so now im confused everyone....I do not have flip4mac installed on my machine yet it constantly freezes up when I open up the media browser. It is really quite upsetting because by not having that work it defeats the ease of use of the program. I have not tried many things in terms of fixing it because I wouldnt really know what to try. Here is what i have tried so far. I deleted the program and reinstalled. I also deleted the preference file and still nothing happened. Does anyone have any suggestions? I almost wish i had flip4mac installed so that way i could just unistall it and use it haha

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