The icon is showned in the systray and you can click on it to display the ui back right? Skype was added in the whitelist on bug #734834, seems there are some issues like bug #767095 though for some users
The launcher matching not working correctly for softwares that don't keep an open ui components is a known issue, there is also a skype bug somewhat there when run a second time it should focus the running instance rather than start a new one ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: unity Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774477 Title: Skype launches new app through Unity when on system tray -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs