Bug or feature: Finder's sidebar and shared drives

I don't know if this is a bug or an incomplete feature.
I have a Windows fileserver on the network. In Finder if I go to afp://<ipaddress> and authenticate with name and password I get a window with the list of available Apple shares. So far so good, just like Tiger. When I choose ONE drive I want, however, the Finder sidebar does not show the drive but shows the server itself and clicking the servername shows ALL available shares. I can click anyone I want and view the contents.
If the Go To process didn't ask for which drive I wanted to connect to, that'd be great since the sidebar display them all anyways.
It's a bit odd though. In list view there's no triangles to expand the folders, and it seems odd that the Go To process asks which drive to connect to but then give you all of them anyways. But I certainly like not having to choose which drives I want to connect to.
Bug or feature? I'm rooting for feature.

supersolenoid wrote:
I've recently noticed some very strange behavior when I use exposé with windows minimized and applications hidden.
When applications are hidden, their windows do not appear in exposé, which seems reasonable.
But windows that were minimized before hiding the application continue to appear in exposé even while they are not shown in the dock.
Is this normal behavior? It's irking the **** out of me.
yes, it's normal behavior. minimized windows show up in exposé but are smaller than non minimized windows. Personally, I like it that way. and when you choose the option to minimize to the application this is the easiest way to unminimize them. but if you are not happy with this you can send apple feedback on the issue
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

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I have a strange problem that is persistent and although not always repeatable, happens very often, and by that I mean several times a day. The problem was also there with Leopard, and I'd hoped Snow Leopard and it's subsequent updates might fix things, but they didn't, so I'm posting here.
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supersolenoid wrote:
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But windows that were minimized before hiding the application continue to appear in exposé even while they are not shown in the dock.
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