Desktop buttons on os x

Is there a button option for desktop icons in OS X. In OS 9.x there were options, list, icon or BUTTONS. One click and the document/ app what be launched. Does that option exist in OS X and how do you do it?
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Need a solution to launch several sound effects files rapidly from a window or desk top, the dock won't really help.
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I just got the new iPhoto 6 and something is bugging me.
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Hi OS G and the others that jumped in on this thread with the same problem,
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Is there any button in Mac OS X like the button in Windows called "Show Desktop"? I use this button at work all day on my Windows PC and I am always looking for it on my Macs when I get home. Thanks

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I have a Portege R500 and I noticed a small button in the upper left corner of my desktop (see screenshot, inside the red circle). The button looks very much like a close button on a window, but if I click it, nothing happens. It appears when I minimize all my opened windows. When I press the "display desktop" button in the "quick launch bar" however, it isn't there.
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do you have ICQ installed? If yes, then you know what this "object" is, its the sign that ICQ runs in the background. Otherwise its some other application which runs in the background and places such a symbol somewhere around the desktop.
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Is there a way to turn the iPad off without using the power button?

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LOVE IT!
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