For the spell checker, that would be a bug in aspell for the language you are using. I expect this is due to your selected language, though, and not a fault on aspell's part. en_CA and en_GB, for example, spell favourite with a U and don't have the US spelling in their dictionaries.
For the other issue, could you please provide a screenshot? Again, it's probably an issue with your icon theme (Empathy doesn't have much choice in the matter), but we can forward this bug report in that direction. -- 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/817769 Title: it can't spell "favorite", & the icon is the same as a dead person's icon for offline.. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/817769/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs