Comment 21 for bug 539426

I agree with those who find the new status icon very annoying.
While the new behaviour may or may not (!) be intuitive for someone who has never used a computer before, the old approach is clearly more intelligible even to relative novices. Confirmed by my girlfriend, my sister and a bunch of friends ;)

Here's my fix for 64bit systems:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9774343#post9774343

And here's HeWhoE's fix for 32bit systems:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9608153#post9608153