Mavericks: Grid for Mission control & Expose?

Hello everyone,
I was wondering if someone could help me with the following issue: I am trying to find something (a setting, a patch, a utility?) that would lock the placement of the app previews in Exposé or within one space in mission control (not the order of spaces, for which I know there's a setting available). The reason I'm asking that is this: as we all know when you have multiple apps open in one desktop (space) and you invoke the mission control it creates a very handy way to see all the running apps and quickly switch to the one you need (or several windows of one app in exposé). HOWEVER, once you switch to another app and open the mission control again, the order of the windows is sometimes rearranged (always rearranged in exposé). This prevents me from quickly switching to apps just by remembering where their previews were located in the mission control/exposé overview the last time around and I spend additional time looking for the one I need. I searched all over internet but nobody seems to have asked this question before. Maybe there's such a simple solution that I don't see it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Rob

Not quite clear on the question and can't offer a solution. However, are you familiar with the TAB + COMMAND shortcut to switch through open applications? I have always found this easier than Mission Control, and may be beneficial based on this statement:
The reason I'm asking that is this: as we all know when you have multiple apps open in one desktop (space) and you invoke the mission control it creates a very handy way to see all the running apps and quickly switch to the one you need (or several windows of one app in exposé).
Thanks,
Rob
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