Comment 2 for bug 600353

Yes, the icon turns green, but since I prefer to have the bar hide away I never see it. Also, the icon stays green most of the time since I stay logged in to an irc server most of the day.

By the way, I do get one notification from irc. When Empathy first starts and logs in, I'll get a notification from nickserv about my nick registration. That's the only notification I get -- no more from irc from that point and never any for chat accounts.