If an app has no window open, mission control can't bring it back

If you open for example Safari and close all its window, if you then 3 finger swipe up to mission control, you see nothing. The only switch to Safari now is Cmd-Tab. There should be a app icon so you can click it to bring the app to the front and get a active menu bar.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
Regards,
Colin R.

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