App indicators in Ubuntu Gnome 15.10

[Bruce Pieterse]

On 09/12/2015 04:36, Sanjay Chakravarty wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I have been using Ubuntu GNOME for several months back, and have been
> very satisfied with the performance and usability. I started with 15.04,
> so I was very excited to upgrade to 15.10. The 15.10 seems faster on my
> Dell laptop than 15.04, and everything is generally fine.
>
> I have a little problem with the app indicators. I had installed
> libappindicator1 in 15.04, and it took all my icons from the system tray
> to the top bar. With 15.10, libappindicator1 seems unsupported. Instead,
> I have to work with a hidden panel in the bottom left, which comes out
> when I click on the arrow at its head. It is just too many clicks. Also
> psensor does not seem properly supported. I do not get the quick glance
> dropdown on clicking psensor icon, and have to get data from the graph.
>
> Is there any way I can get the icons to the top bar? I tried TopIcons
> GNOME extension, but all the icons do not come to the top, as the icon
> to icon distance is too high. So any other alternatives?
>

Hi Sanjay,

Although I can't help you out with your problem, have you tried the 
Freon extension (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/841/freon/) as a 
replacement?

It sits nicely in the top bar and is regularly updated.
-- 
All the best,

Bruce