I see the same bahavior as bgruber. The icon remains in the notification area, it doesn't hide automatically, and the Hide menu option does nothing.
Using 1.1.3+git20090218-0ubuntu19 in Jaunty.
I see the same bahavior as bgruber. The icon remains in the notification area, it doesn't hide automatically, and the Hide menu option does nothing.
Using 1.1.3+git200902 18-0ubuntu19 in Jaunty.