For Gtalk, at least, I believe this is not an issue with Empathy but with the method Gtalk to implement invisibility, as Curtis Lee mentioned. Unfortunately, switching to Pidgin will not solve resolve this as there is currently a similar bug: http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/5828.
** Bug watch added: Pidgin Trac #5828 http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/5828 -- Setting status to 'Hidden' changes status to 'Busy' instead https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/257190 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs