Desktop Environment Features Compared: window placement on startup

Gnome seems to be canceling ever more functionality with every release. Used to be, when my system came up from a cold start or a reboot, all the windows were in the same place as when the system was shut down. Now gnome just puts all the windows in a senseless pile on the left side of of the screen. How do other desktop environments-- e.g., Mate, Enlighten, KDE-- handle this? Thanks.