Open programs on Lion

On my Macbook Pro, I used to be able to do a 3-4 finger horizontal swipe on my touchpad and it would show all programs that were open and had not been shut down completely, the windows had just been closed. With Lion, the swipe I used with Snow Leopard just moves between Dashboard and the Desktop. Does anyone know how to find which programs are open without having to go to "Force Quit" to see what's open?
Thanks

command+tab to see the open programs
Command + Q to quit the programme
I have not yet found a trackpad gesture still.

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