Some questions about GNOME

[Julien Olivier <julo altern org>]

Hi

I don't know if that's the right list but I have some questions about GNOME 
desktop:

 - Is it possible/will it be possible have an option to align icons on a 
"grid" on the desktop ?

 - Why is the Desktop location (.gnome-desktop) hidden ? Why not defaut to 
~/Desktop or simply ~/ ? Will there be a shortcut to it in upcoming GTK files 
dialog ?

 - Is there / will there be an applet to hide/show all the windows ? I think 
it's very useful feature.

Thanks for answering me and sorry if those questions have already been 
answered here but I'm quite new to GNOME.

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Julien Olivier