10.6 'Spaces' enable with hot corner?

Just optimising my Macbook with various programs and finally come across "spaces" which i've never had time to delve into!
Im on 10.6.4 and wondered (as im so used to expose') whether i could get my 4 'Spaces" to show with the mouse going down to the bottom left corner instead of Expose?
Is this possible in Spaces preferences? all i can see is doing it via keys?
Surely you could do this by a hot corner and get all 4 spaces/programs to fill the screen in a grid so i can easily switch between them? (and probably disable the corner in Expose?)

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