The theory is that multiple applications can either use, or otherwise react to, the status you set. Empathy already does, but so could (for example) XChat and Skype. That theory could change in future, but it won't for Oneiric, and this bug exists in Oneiric.
The theory is that multiple applications can either use, or otherwise react to, the status you set. Empathy already does, but so could (for example) XChat and Skype. That theory could change in future, but it won't for Oneiric, and this bug exists in Oneiric.