Back in the time of the original CS, I understood that the tools available in Camera Raw and within Photoshop were of similar functionality. So I tended to do a minimum of processing in Camera Raw, and the bulk of the work in Photoshop, usually starting with Photokit Capture Sharpener, and usually finishing with some application of Photokit Creative and Output sharpener, with a large number of steps in between. I understood that capture sharpener (and noise ninja if required) should be applied very early in the workflow, and the results made me happy enough.
Somewhere along the line I have picked up that in CS2 there are quality advantages in using the full range of tools now available in Camera Raw. But that means that when finally transferring to photoshop I might typically only be using Creative sharperner, now well down the work flow, followed perhaps only by some local contrast enhancement and Creative and Output sharperner.
Similar comments might apply to noise ninja
Is this an inherent flaw, or is all hunky dory?