j, can you try with this.
it's me slider.kix but it's standalone.
just start it and go to some app and wait to see does it steal the focus.
for me it didn't.

code:
;You may modify everything in this file.
;slider is loaded on every post if you have slider enabled
;input values are predefined but everything else you can touch:
; - $title
; - $url
; enjoy ;)

$title="some text to get the slider wide"
$url="www.gwspikval.com"
sleep 5 ; to let you fire IE window up before showing anything...

$fake=CreateObject("Kixtart.Form")
$fake.show(2)
$fake.hide
$t=0
$w=8*len($title)+4
$d = 1
$p = CreateObject("Kixtart.Form")
$p.fillstyle = 0
$p.Height = 20
$p.Width = $w
$p.fontsize = 10
$p.fontname = "Courier New"
$p.forecolor = 0
$p.fontbold = 1
$p.BorderStyle = 0
$p.backcolor = $p.RGB(255,255,0)
$p.Top = $t
$p.Left = 50
$l = $p.hyperlink($title,2,2,$w,18)
;$l.Backcolor = $p.RGB(255,255,0)
$l.value = $url
$l.onclick="$$p.visible=0"
$c = $p.Timer(30)
$c.OnTimer = "
If $$d=1
$$p.Top=$$p.Top+1
If $$p.top>22
$$c.Interval=3000
$$d=0
EndIf
Else
if $$d=2
$$c.Interval=30
$$p.Top=$$p.Top-1
If $$p.top=0
$$c.Enabled=0
$$p.Hide
EndIf
else $$d=2
endif
EndIf
"
$p.TopMost = 1
$p.show
While $p.Visible $=execute($p.DoEvents) Loop

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