I appeciate the effort to clarify what is meant by Desktop, Finder, Spaces.
One of the problems a new user of a yet unfamiliar Operating system is the jargon that long time users imploy in their valient effort to help
The Dashboard shows very clearly what the proper designation of the various pages is suposed to be.
My OSX Lion shows clearly the folloing on the Dashboard page::
Dashboard, Desktop 1, Desktop 2 and Desktop 3. Why introduce Spaces or Finder as synonyms ?.
John