Hi Mikko,
first off many thanks for this nifty little time saver! (I hope that still somebody is following this thread!(?))
For others' information, I had the same problem as user pm_home in post 59: the applet did not consistently show up in the status bar. I deleted the wifi-switch (?) applet and now openvpn-applet does show up. Could it be a general thing about too many applets maybe? (Has anybody seen the status menu bar providing slider bars?) Anyways, I hope it will stay visible as I am certain to make quite some use of it.
Cheers!
St. Mueller, Switzerland