diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/bindings/guidancepanel.xml b/chrome/content/zotero/bindings/guidancepanel.xml
index 6c8a0b65e..59a8f8f77 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/bindings/guidancepanel.xml
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/bindings/guidancepanel.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 				<parameter name="text"/>
 				<body>
 				<![CDATA[
+					Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/Services.jsm");
+
 					var about = this.getAttribute("about"),
 						pref = "firstRunGuidanceShown."+about,
 						shown = false;
@@ -58,10 +60,20 @@
 						if(text.length) descriptionNode.appendChild(document.createElementNS(
 							"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml", "br"));
 					}
-					panel.openPopup(forEl, position ? position : "after_start",
-						x ? parseInt(x, 10) : 0, y ? parseInt(y, 10) : 0, false, false, null);
-					
-					Zotero.Prefs.set(pref, true);
+
+					var me = this;
+					var f = function() {
+						if(me.hasAttribute("foregroundonly") && Services.ww.activeWindow != window) return;
+						panel.openPopup(forEl, position ? position : "after_start",
+							x ? parseInt(x, 10) : 0, y ? parseInt(y, 10) : 0, false, false, null);
+						Zotero.Prefs.set(pref, true);
+					};
+
+					if(this.hasAttribute("delay")) {
+						window.setTimeout(f, this.getAttribute("delay"));
+					} else {
+						f();
+					}
 				]]>
 				</body>
 			</method>
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.xul b/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.xul
index 4bfd7331d..0bfe94cc0 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.xul
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.xul
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 	<toolbar id="zotero-toolbar" nowindowdrag="true"/>
 	
 	<vbox id="appcontent">
-		<zoteroguidancepanel id="zotero-toolbar-button-guidance" about="toolbarButton" for="zotero-toolbar-button" position="bottomcenter topleft"/>
+		<zoteroguidancepanel id="zotero-toolbar-button-guidance" about="toolbarButton" for="zotero-toolbar-button" position="bottomcenter topleft" delay="1000" foregroundonly="true"/>
 		<!-- onmouseup shouldn't be necessary but seems to help prevent tag selector from sometimes going off the screen -->
 		<splitter id="zotero-splitter" resizebefore="closest" resizeafter="closest" hidden="true"
 			onmouseup="ZoteroPane.updateTagSelectorSize()"/>
