Activation follows mouse, possible?

Switching from Windows to Mac... one annoyance is that you must usually click on a window to 'activate it' before you can start interacting with the controls on the window...

Is there a way to activate a window so that as soon as I initiate a text-select or button-click it happens without having to click the window first?

 

Is there no way to do this? It seems like a click-fest using my Mac, especially in a multi-monitor setup... this is such a small usability feature that the Mac must incorporate it... anyone?

 

tried that... not exactly what I'm looking for but thanks for the recommendation. The problem with MondoMouse is that it raises the windows... I don't want the windows to raise, just allow focus to the window for an event, such as a click or keypress.

This isn't a major issue, just an annoyance. In Windows I actually operate in single-click mode... so starting applications from a folder or desktop only requires one click (like using links in a web browser)... so I'm even more accustomed to not a lot of clicking when using Windows.

Cliff.