Browsers prevent machine from going to sleep?

Is this normal? For some reason I remember my machine auto-sleeping while programs were running - and now the screen turns off but I can still hear the machine running. If I quit the browsers (both Firefox & Safari) it goes to sleep normally.
What's the deal?

Well - presumably, you have found, reviewed, assessed, and tried all the most relevant of Dale's Tips
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2777927#2777927
If it was just browsers causing the insomnia it might have been a problem with the network - anyway, still thinking...

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