This would be very useful when you're used to nextstep-style window managers like windowmaker, those based on afterstep, etcetc.

I have the desktop icons "type" set to "minimized windows", and personally i would like them to stack up in the bottom left, sideways instead of at the top left. Using a panel for this is just too stiff and cumbersome, plus adding the names to the icon "buttons" makes them annoyingly large. The best thing would simply be the already existing desktop icons, but with a different orientation.