So, I ranted yesterday about how Xfce 4.6 was broken.  I found one simple fix for the focus follows mouse delay.  Basically, the GUI's focus delay slider sets the delay to 100ms when shoved all the way to the left.  There isn't a way to set it to 0.

Luckily, since all of Xfce's configuration is in XML, it's possible to tune the knob by editing the right file.  In this case, it's xfwm4.xml:

% cd ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml
% grep focus_delay xfwm4.xml 
    <property name="focus_delay" type="int" value="100"/>

While outside of X (or using another WM), edit the file and set that value to 0 instead of 100, and you will be good to go!

Unfortunately, VMware Workstation now seems to have major problems with Xfwm (but they fixed the cursor flying to the other screen issue!).  Menus and the GTK widgets fail to redraw when switching in & out of fullscreen mode.  I may submit a bug about it, with the chance of being flamed for whining about a proprietary application.

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