Desktop oddities when trashing file or folder

Okay, this isn't a big deal, but it disturbs my normal way of using the computer.
When I press Command-Delete for a file or folder I've selected on the Desktop it moves it to the trash.
However THEN the Finder selects the "next" file or folder on the Desktop?
Why? This is stupid.
{I upgraded from SL to ML, so maybe I missed something}

Okay, I created a dummy account called dummy and switched to that. As clean of an account as it could be, since the fun of signing up for an iCloud account/Apple ID appeared. Still did it. Signed back into my regular account, still doing it. I do have a number of files/folders on my Desktop, but not like some crazy people, and I have an alias for the harddrive there too.What I've noticed is that the sequence almost makes sense... so, I select a file, press Command-Delete, that file moves to the trash, and another file that was the most recent one created on the desktop is the next selected. Weird, huh? I think it's just a matter of playing with the "Sort By" and "Clean Up By" options unde View, but it's still bugging me since I have to deselect a file/folder after trashing a previous one.
Meh, still no big deal.

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