As per the GNOME bug, I confirm that switching from the "Ubuntu" theme to the "Clean" theme fixes this for me. I realise that this isn't really my business, but given that Ubuntu has limited development resources available, it it really the most efficient use of those resources to maintain their own Empathy theme? If Ubuntu wants to do work on Empathy I could think of better ways to improve the user experience.
As per the GNOME bug, I confirm that switching from the "Ubuntu" theme to the "Clean" theme fixes this for me. I realise that this isn't really my business, but given that Ubuntu has limited development resources available, it it really the most efficient use of those resources to maintain their own Empathy theme? If Ubuntu wants to do work on Empathy I could think of better ways to improve the user experience.