I Ergo: First time back out of folder to Desktop and SNAP; successive times out, normal behavior.
This occurs in my user account and in test account; therefore a system-wide issue.
It's a bug.
We can't fix that.
End of discussion.
After spending hours on the phone with Apple (at so-called senior advisor level) I get the same impression.
[seriously, there is a similar issue when first opening a window after login (its size and location isn't right under certain conditions.... close and reopen, and it's back where it should be). OSX isn't perfect... but it's so much better than OS9 in so many ways, that no amount of whining can change that.]
I thought that issue had been fixed with 10.7.2 update.
And whining at least releases a bit of the pent-up tension and frustration.