How come no drives are shown on Lion/Mac OS X 10.7.x's desktops anymore?

Hello!
I have been using old Mac OS X 10.5.x and 10.2.x for many years, but noticed 10.7.x/Lion do not show connected/mounted drives anymore on desktop. I do see them in Finder, but that's annoying now. Why did Apple change this design?
Thank you in advance.

Kappy wrote:
Because that's how Apple decided to do it. You simply open Finder preferences, click on the General icon in the toolbar then check the boxes for what you want displayed. Use the Sidebar icon to configure what's displayed in the sidebar.
Problem solved.
Strange decision by Apple!

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