Hide Setting Prevents Previews on Images tab

I couldn't figure out why I wasn't seeing any preview images of my photos on the Images tab until I dug in the code. It seems the hook_nodeapi() function is not loading in the node images if the settings for that node are to hide the images. This may be intended, but I think can cause confusion. I expected the images to be hidden in the node view only and not in the Images tab. I would make the following changes in the hook_nodeapi() function:

    if (variable_get('node_images_position_'.$node->type, 'hide') == 'hide') return;

change to

    if (arg(2) != images && variable_get('node_images_position_'.$node->type, 'hide') == 'hide') return;

This will ensure that node images are loaded into the node object when we are on the images tab, even if images are set to be hidden in the display.