Turn on focus-follows-mouse, so you don't have to click a window to focus it.
Phil Bullphilbull@gmail.com2009GNOME Documentation ProjectCreative Commons Share Alike 3.0I want windows to be selected when my mouse moves over them
Click SystemPreferencesWindows
Check Select windows when the mouse moves over them.
A window will now be selected whenever you move the mouse over it. However,
it will not be raised above the other windows on the screen if there are any
in front of it.
If you would like a window to be raised above all of the other windows when you
move the mouse over it, check
Raise selected windows after an interval. Use the
Interval before raising slider to choose the delay between the
window being selected and the window being raised. If you move the mouse away
from the window before this time has elapsed, the window won't be raised.