Hidden dialog renders applet unusable

i have a problem with dialogs in my applet.
if an applet dialog is open, and the user minimizes the browser or switches to another application, the dialog gets pemanently hidden (at least in firefox). there's no way to locate the applet again, and hence, no way for the applet to regain focus.
clicking around on the applet generates a system beep but does not cause the dialog to reappear.
one obvious approach is to eliminate dialogs. i need the dialogs, though, and want to ask the community if better alternatives exist.
any ideas? does anyone else have this problem?
thanks!

i figured how to make the applet modal with both the Microsoft JVM and the SUN JVM. from reading posts elsewhere on the web, it seems like people have also had trouble with making dialogs modal with the Microsoft JVM. this solution also makes it possible for someone to switch applications while a modal dialog is open without causing the applet to be unusable. when the user switches back to the browser/applet, the blocking dialog is on top of all windows versus being hidden as it would normally.
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public NonblockingDialog (Frame parent, String title) {
          super(parent, title, true);
addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
               public void windowDeactivated (WindowEvent we) {
                    requestFocus();
                    toFront();
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