Adding a new user ("adduser test" and configuring it roughly like my own account (no visual effects, focus follows mouse but windows don't raise), I could not reproduce the problem. So while my test was not exhaustive, I suspect a configuration issue. I will try to compare the gconf-settings from the test account with my own and report; but others may try to test a clean user as well.
Also, I tried to remove and add the windowlist applet to my own task bar; tried a "click to focus" setting; but that did not help.
Adding a new user ("adduser test" and configuring it roughly like my own account (no visual effects, focus follows mouse but windows don't raise), I could not reproduce the problem. So while my test was not exhaustive, I suspect a configuration issue. I will try to compare the gconf-settings from the test account with my own and report; but others may try to test a clean user as well.
Also, I tried to remove and add the windowlist applet to my own task bar; tried a "click to focus" setting; but that did not help.