Firefox userping the active window...

Running on iMac, OS 10.7.2
When FFox is on any of several social networking sites, if someone sends me a message, FFox becomes the active window causing many problems when multitasking with other applications.
i.e. I can be working in MS Word and suddenly FFox take control of the active window and jerks me out of MS Word and into FFox.. It does this with other applications as well, like Safari, iChat, Yahoo IM, and the list goes on...
I'm just about at my wits end trying to figure out what SETTING or what ever that I can not find to stop this behavior...
PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN...
Thanks for your help.

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The Windows part of that double-click has to maximize or restore to normal,
and you have to be able to drag the window by it;'s title bar.
You can make Firefox 4.0.1 and '''Firefox 5.0''' look like Firefox 3.6.17, see numbered items 1-10 in the following topic [http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/firefox-problems.htm#fx4interface Fix Firefox 4.0 toolbar user interface, problems (Make Firefox 4.0 look like 3.6)]

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