Description of problem:
When one unexpands the default gnome-panel,
the order of the applets changes to a apparently
"random" arbitrary order

How reproducible:
every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start a gnome session for a new user.
2. Unexpand the Panel.
3. Exit and start a new gnome session.
  
Actual results:
Applets are in a completely different order than the original.

Expected results:
The order of the applets to be maintained.

Additional info:
Guessing, but it looks like after unexpanding, the applets get
re-ordered on a first-come-first-served basis.
It is pretty annoying to have to reorder the applets oneself
by hand.

I believe the behaviour probably started with fc3.