Opening windows behind the dock

I like to have my dock shown all the time, so I leave hiding turned off. Something I've noticed with Snow Leopard 10.6.x is that Windows can no longer re-open in their same location if they are left closed behind the dock boundaries (the reserved screen edge).
In Leopard 10.5.x opening a window, for example Adium, tucked neatly in the bottom-right corner's screen edges (with the dock displayed), allows it to be opened in the exact same location.
In Snow Leopard 10.6.x re-opening this window forces it to open outside of the dock's reserved screen edge boundaries. So for instance, if I have my dock displayed on the bottom edge, re-opening this window will force it to open above the bottom edge. The larger my dock-icon size is, the further away from the bottom-edge my windows open.
Electing to have your dock auto-hide fixes this issue, but as my preference, I want my dock on-screen all the time. I wish this functionality could be restored from Leopard 10.5.x, or has it been? Does anyone know of a way to re-open windows in their same position if they where closed behind dock boundaries?

Thank you for your swift reply K T!
K T wrote:
Somethings you might try : (1) shrinking the dock so it doesn't extend full width (2) positioning your dock to the left or right edge instead of along the bottom of the screen.
Positioning the dock on the right-edge of the screen reserves the right edge. Window's can not re-open in the same position if they were closed on the right-edge. Same thing applies for the left edge, and obviously the bottom edge.
I suppose if I use the bottom-right edge of the screen for my Adium IM chat windows, I could put the dock on the left-edge. But this is really nothing more than a quick work-around. I wish there was an actual resolution to the issue, like a terminal command which displayed the dock and vacated that reserved edge.
K T wrote:
As well, this page might be in your future:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
Heading over there now!

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