Quote Originally Posted by frogbeastegg View Post
There's a distinct lack of feedback when you click things. Unless a programme immediately launches or similar it's hard to tell if you clicked correctly, missed, or whatever.
I take it you've hidden the dock, then. When you launch an app its icon shows up in the dock with a little white dot next to it. Un-hide the dock and you'll see what I mean. This is an easy way to see what apps are open.