Have been using ntfs-fuse for a while now, and not had any problems with it whatsoever. I'll probably switch to ntfs-3g some time but for now I've not had any issues with ntfs-fuse.
To get it working, you just create a directory, e.g. /media/Windows and then edit the /etc/fstab to point the NTFS partition to the new directory... add a couple more options (mine looks like this...
/dev/sda1 /media/Windows ntfs-fuse auto,user_xattr,umask=000 1 1) and it'll automatically be available when you next reboot.
If you want to restrict access to the NTFS partition to only certain users, it can be done too very easily.
I've yet to find a way, however, of getting my Windows installation to access my ext3 partitions in either RO or RW mode.
