What is the correct procedure for applying textures?

[vershner]

I have been using Wings a lot more over the last few months and I feel there is definitely an issue here.

Whenever I go into the UV segmenting, it changes the material assigned to the face. It either creates a new one, or sets it to the default.

If the face already has a material, segmenting should not change that. It's really frustrating to always have to go back and set the material back to what it used to be.