Can I stop applications from coming to front in OS X 10.5, Leopard?

I find it really annoying when I'm working on something, and an app pops to in front of the active one and interrupts what I'm doing. Is there any way to stop this? I've looked in preferences, but no success. Thanks to anyone who can help. I'm a professional user, so switch between apps a lot (usually Adobe CS4 apps, Microsoft Entourage, iTunes, Finder, and Safari). Any advice is most appreciated.

Yes, this drives me mad too, for example, I will be typing a URL into safari, press enter and then realise Yahoo messenger brought itself to the front because someone sent a message and so I send them the URL as a message and stupid things like that. Also when a large application is launching in the background it brings itself to the front when launched. Another time is when plugging in a peripheral which opens an app such as camera and iPhoto.

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