raisePalettes in OSX?

[depstein at att.net]

With raisePalettes set to false, my palettes behave as expected in Mac 
OS9.2, but in OSX 10.2.6 they remain "raised" even if raisePalettes is 
false.  Do others experience this?  

If so, is there a workaraound in OSX that would make a palette behave in 
an "unraised" manner, i.e., behave like a normal document window, while 
still looking like a palette (with the narrow title bar)?

Many thanks.

David Epstein