Certain applications get "lost" when minimised(cause: no systray)

[Ynot]

Binary package hint: unity

Under Unity, certain applications get "lost" when minimised
Example below uses gpodder, but probably affects other applications as well

1. Launch gpodder
- gpodder window visible
- gpodder icon present in unity dock
- gpodder present in Alt-Tab window switcher

2. Minimise gpodder
- gpodder window minimised (not visible)
- gpodder icon removed from unity dock
- gpodder not present in Alt-Tab switcher

3. Seemingly no way to select the window to unminimise

4. Only way to bring gpodder back is to launch the application a second time
(this brings the original window back to focus)
- gpodder window visible
- gpodder icon present in unity dock
- gpodder present in Alt-Tab window switcher

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.2.12-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jan 19 21:16:54 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
SourcePackage: unity

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

That probably happens because gPodder uses a tray icon if you minimize it, and the tray should not be used. The same thing happens with skype, and it would be nice to have a workaround, or even better, a solution, because with skype you can't even star a new instance, because it says that another skype instance is running, the only problem is that you can't access that instance.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

skype is whitelisted already so marked invalid, as for Unity, Ubuntu have decided to end the systray it won't be supported anymore, it was announced quite a while ago that apps need to adapt. So I am marking the bug of unity as invalid.