No thumbnails on xfce Desktop

There might be a very silly workaround, but I cant find any to show thumbnails of images on the xfce desktop. Thunar though, can show them. Anyone have any tips?

A quick google suggets it is unlikely (as of Jan 2010) http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=110&t=37798

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