Thanks for your bug report, unfortunately Notification Area is deprecated and all Ubuntu apps are being ported to use application indicators. Both Unity and GNOME Shell are also getting rid of Notification Area.
NM-applet should work out of the box as it has nm-applet-use- indicator.patch when built on Ubuntu. There is a third-party indicator available for Pidgin, as well. So if you really want to use Notification Area, you'll have to add it manually. ** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1263591 Title: Add notification-area to panel-default-layout.layout To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/1263591/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs