Unity blocks Hangouts system tray icon, doesn't work

[Thomas Novin]

Trying to use Google Hangouts extension with Google Chrome (or Chromium).

In other desktop environments (Mac OS X, Windows 7, KDE, Gnome) it adds a system tray icon which you can use to raise the main window or conversation windows when minimized.

In Ubuntu, you can open the window from Chrome using the extension icon on the top right but after closing a window you can't use that again. It is now depending on being opened via the system tray icon.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: unity 7.2.0+14.04.20140414.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Apr 16 14:45:34 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-26 (20 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20140325.1)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Thomas Novin (thomasn80)]

Chrome 35 seems to have fixed this.

http://www.webupd8.org/2014/05/google-chrome-stable-35-for-linux.html

[Thomas Novin (thomasn80)]

Btw, you still need to disable 'Keep Hangouts on top of other windows' in the Hangouts extension to make it work properly.