Comment 162 for bug 527458

I use the battery applet mentioned here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9271002

gnome-volume-control-applet is fine. Just remove the indicator applet in its entirely. Job done.

Bluetooth is an app icon in the regular notification area, not one of the "indicator" applet entries.

Btw, if you are using gwibber, beware the heap of redundant processes it leaves in its wake, even when not in use. I've purged gwibber and gwibber-service to avoid the mess. There's an interesting discussion about this over at Fedora.