I've not read all you rant but the message indicator is an applet which is used by a specific lib, it has nothing to do with the notification area and rhyhtmbox got no distro change so whatever you have with rhythmbox is not the due this one
-- Closing or removing indicator-applet does not restore correct GNOME behavior https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346159 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs