Hmm... apparently not. After the latest series of updates the background for the status menu is a light grey, almost white, with dark text. Must have been a temporary issue. I'm marking it as invalid since I can't reproduce the issue as of today.
** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/984141 Title: Status menu not readable using Radiance theme To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/984141/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs