Do any members change Downloads in Dock to Desktop?

-Hi folks,
I just ordered Leopard (don't have it yet) and was curious if most members leave the DL folder in the Dock, or change it to other...Desktop? The reason I ask is I'm going to help a newbie Mac user w/ Leo and still have Tiger. And if we manually DL say, QT update vs Software Update will the .dmg be in the Download folder in the Dock, which then I'd place on the Desktop to launch QT.pkg? You can tell I haven't had a chance to play much w/ Leo. TIA..as always.

None of the icons on the Dock are the real application or folder. They can all be removed by simply dragging them to the desktop. They go "Poof" and are gone. They can be re-arranged by just dragging one to a new location on the dock and let go.
They can be easily replaced by simply dragging an application to the left side of the white line, and folders to the right side of the white line.
Deleting the icon from the Dock will not change the default download folder or where it's located at ~/Downloads
Note: You can right-click on the folders on the Dock and choose how you want the folder to look, and how you want them to sort files, and how they display the files inside the folder.

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