There is a upstream patch to port the notification plugin to gtkstatusicon. We're waiting than GTK+ 2.10 is shipped in major distribution to include it. But maybe we could include it in Ubuntu's package.
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #340455 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340455 ** Also affects: xchat-gnome (upstream) via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340455 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- tray icon should be transparent https://launchpad.net/bugs/59885 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs