Exposé & Spaces in Lion

There is a problem with Exposé in Lion, that wasn't a problem back in Snow Leopard:
1. Create multiple spaces ("multiple desktops") in Lion.
2. Launch Safari.
3. Open up a bunch of different windows in Safari.
4. Move some of those Safari windows into one space ("desktop"), move some of the Safari windows into another space ("desktop"), and move some of the Safari windows into another space ("desktop").
5. Now, go into Safari in one of your spaces ("desktops") and trigger the Exposé function for showing "Application Windows". By default, this is F10.
6. Here's the problem: Lion will show you ALL OF THE WINDOWS for that application, EVEN IF the windows are located in OTHER SPACES. This makes it extremely difficult to work within one space. In Snow Leopard, Exposé only showed you the application windows for the CURRENT SPACE.
7. Is there any way to fix this, or a preference to toggle this behavior?
Thanks,
Scott

In Lion Exposé, is really App Exposé. It shows you all windows open for a particular app.
Mission Control, which is new in Lion (control-up arrow or three finger swipe), will give you (control-up arrow) gives you a brids eye view of everthing organized by desktop.
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Ya, I'd say it's likely something in your preferences folder. What you could try is quitting all your apps, moving all of the plist files to a new folder and testing it. If this fixes it then put those plists back 5 or 10 at a time until you've determined which file is casuing the problem.
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