Comment 36 for bug 529052

I'm still seeing this issue across the board. I also tried adding another keyboard layout to see what the keyboard indicator went (since I saw that it was listed in the panel.js file for gnome-shell for ordering purposes) and it creates a space for it with the proper menu and everything, without an icon. Haven't noticed if it moves/flickers, but so far it seems like it's merely lacking an icon to display.
The battery monitor icon is still entirely missing for me (in gnome-shell), along with the other icons/applets from indicator-application/applet. This includes the sound, battery, mail/messenging. When I use metacity+gnome-panel, all the indicator-applications/applets show up, but both sound and battery icons are X's.
Seems like when I do a metacity/gnome-panel --replace, the keyboard icon is still missing. Doesn't seem like the battery icon is flickering or moving, however, just missing an icon.

Summary: except for the proper icon, seems fixed for me in metacity+gnome-panel. Should I open a new bug report for my issues with indicator-applications/applet in gnome-shell? Is there an alternative applet/icon for the battery monitor that doesn't depend on indicator-application (like gnome-volume-applet for sound) that I can use?