Gnome dropped status icon support as they think it's more consistent for the user to have a window for interacting with the application and do notifications via the notifications system.

I can see how people like a "dropbox" icon, especially Dropbox, as it makes them stand out but also I can see how it does not fit with the Gnome idea of consistency.

I used to be conditioned to using certain apps via their status icon as that was the only way to interact with them but as a long time user of Gnome I don't miss them now and use apps like syncthing-gtk via the app and notifications just fine. So for me, if I was a dropbox user, this would feel like a step backwards.

https://wiki.gnome.org/Initiatives(2f)StatusIconMigration(2f... https://wiki.gnome.org/Initiatives(2f)StatusIconMigration(2f...