I've just checked to see what happens with no notification area or indicator applet: without either, empathy disappears in just the same manner as already described.
-- empathy can be running without a visible UI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/570590 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
