So simple, yet so annoying: problem resizing anchored frame with grab bars

Asked a question yesterday on how to 'snug' an anchored frame to an image. Got the answer and it works great (Esc-m-p)
Now... the reason I needed to do this is that when I try to resize a frame with the grab bars, it 'jerks' as I move vertically or horizontally.
What that means is...
With borders on, the frame border is a dotted line.
If I grab the left side of a frame and move my mouse to the right to make the frame smaller, the border doesn't move smoothly -- it jumps a distance of about 1.5 of those dotted lines. Thus I can't always make the frame fit nicely.
Talked to another Frame user and she said that her's drags smoothly.
So... am I missing a setting somewhere? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

##&*!
I was working over a VPN when I first experienced the problem... everything was slower than molasses. Set Snap off, did some other work, Frame crashed.
Setting didn't persist, but everything had taken so long I forgot to check it.
Gah. Yes, Snap off works wonders when it's *actually* off.

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