New windows don't open on top?

Question

When I click on a link in another application, Safari 4.0.4 opens the new window at some random layer amongst all my other Safari Windows. AppleScript also reports the front window to be some seemingly random window and not necessarily the frontmost one. Bringing a new window to the front doesn't seem to change the indexes of the windows in AppleScript. This can't possibly be expected behavior is it?
(I've uninstalled Glims and Click2Flash and that hasn't made a difference.)
...mathom...

Answer 1

Golden Shoes wrote:
Safari 4.0.4 opens the new window at some random layer amongst all my other Safari Windows.
Why are you opening everything in a new window, instead of a new Tab?
Because that is my preference.
AppleScript also reports the front window to be some seemingly random window and not necessarily the frontmost one.
AppleScript doesn't report anything; it's a scripting language to automate functions.
I get the impression you're not familiar with Safari or Macs in general, as your description of a problem doesn't make sense. We need more details.
(Umm... I've been a software engineer programming the Mac platform for more than 15 years including being responsible for the AppleScript support for a major application. I've also been using and occasionally scripting Safari since it was first released.)
The script:
tell application "Safari"
get properties of front window
end tell
shows that the window Safari thinks is the front window (i.e. the window whose index is 1) is some random window that may or may not be the actual frontmost window (i.e. the one currently visually frontmost in the application). The windows should be indexed frontmost to rearmost.
It would seem likely that this problem is related to the fact that when clicking on a url in a Mail message, for instance, the window is opened at some seemingly random location in the window order. Sometimes that is on top, but often the window is buried beneath other open Safari windows.
I apologize for my previous lack clarity. I hope this will enable someone to shed some light on the issue. Thanks.
...mathom...
Message was edited by: mathom