Fixed upstream and released in Ubuntu. See www.mail-archive.com/dapper-changes@lists.ubuntu.com/msg09177.html for changelog entry.
Thank you for reporting this bug. ** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- applications crash when minimizing it to the left window border https://launchpad.net/bugs/37021 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs