Closing that bug, having one bugs for "some applets" is not easy to manager. If you still have the issue with some theme or applet better to open a bug for each theme or applet having the issue
** Changed in: gnome-applets (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Rejected -- No Background transparency in some applets https://launchpad.net/bugs/21728 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs