SPaces Feature or Bug?

I'm still undecided on the usefulness of Spaces but I'm giving it a shot.
I assigned my 4 main apps, each to a different Space. When each app has at least one open window I can use the Control/arrow keys to shift through the Spaces & return to the one I want. However, if any of the apps do not have an open window & you return to that space the toolbar for that Space's app do not show up, you only see the FInder. You have to go to the dock & pull it back up as if it had been hidden.
Am I missing something or is this what's supposed to happen? If this is intentional it's a really poor design.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!

Not at all.
Say I'm using Excel, I finish the proposal I'm working on, print it & close the spreadsheet leaving no other Excel files open. I then switch to my email Space to send the proposal to my client. I then switch back to the Excel space to work on the next job but guess what? Excel isn't in that space anymore so I have to go down to the dock & unhide it. It just seems clumsy & very poorly thought out to me.
I frequently have apps running but without an open window at any certain time. My CAD program takes forever to launch so I let it run all the time so when I want to open a drawing it pops up in 2 seconds.

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