Finder icon in dock for ALL currently open Finder windows?

Hi all,
I'm an ex-Windows user and I'm kinda used to having an item in the taskbar for all Explorer windows I have open.
Is there a way to enable this in OS X? I'm pretty good with keyboard shortcuts and alt-tabbing back to Finder is easy but if I have 4 of 5 Finder windows open it's hard to find the one I want quickly.
Can this be done?
Thanks!

digitalformula wrote:
Question though - what do you mean by secondary function of the F3 key? I currently use it all the time for Exposé of course but that's all I use it for ... how can I make it do the thumbnail thing?
The thumbnail thing on F3 is an Exposé function. To clarify, hitting the F3/Exposé key (you can configure if you want F3 or Exposé to be the primary function of that key in System Preferences > Keyboard) brings up miniature images of every active window. Sorry if that was confusing.
Perhaps OS X Help says it best:
"Your computer has a feature called Exposé that makes it easy to find windows when your desktop is cluttered. Even if you have many overlapping windows, Exposé lets you view thumbnail versions of all of them so you can find the one you need.
To see all your open windows, press the Exposé key. If your keyboard doesn’t have an Exposé key, press Fn-F9. If your keyboard doesn’t have an Fn key, press F9.
Exposé includes several other shortcuts for working with windows. For maximum clutter control, you can use it in combination with the Spaces feature.
To set up Exposé, use Exposé & Spaces preferences."

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