behavior of gnome-panel

[Wil Willis <thewilbob comcast net>]

Hey folks, when I double click on a hyperlink  (url) in Thunderbird, I 
have to go to the panel and click on the pulsing blue minimized tab to 
maximize the page.

Isn't there a way to get the focus to behave such that the brower will 
display the tab fully opened?

thanks,

wil