New programs opening behind the active ones!

Hi,
after installing Safari 3 I noticed that when I open any program it always opens behind all the active ones. Therefore I have to klick the program icon one more time to get in front.
Anyone with similar experince? And how can I fix this?
rgds
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>the browser window. She is using Firefox 2.0.9.17
>
> Has anyone experienced this behaviour and figured out a
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