"Minimized Apps" disappear

["Austin M. Kyser" <austin kyser worldnet att net>]

Not sure if this is a bug or just something that I have done to myself. 
I just bought a Dell System about a month ago with Red Hat 6.1
pre-installed.  It had a version of Gnome on it.  About a week ago or
so, I did the Helix Update to get up to the latest version.  Since doing
the upgrade, I have noticed that while in Gnome, whenever I "minimize"
an application, it disappears.  Before, there was an icon on the panel
for it.  That icon no longer appears on my panel.  In order to switch
back to the hidden running application, I have to click on the Gnome
Desktop Guide (Pager), and choose from the list.

Is this normal?  Or is this a simple change in the properties field?  I
have looked and looked and haven't found anything.

Thank you in advance for any assistance that you can provide.

-Austin

Austin Kyser
e-mail:  austin.kyser@worldnet.att.net