--- a/libervia.py	Mon Dec 30 00:30:45 2013 +0100
+++ b/libervia.py	Mon Dec 30 00:33:19 2013 +0100
@@ -174,13 +174,9 @@
         self.room_list = []  # list of rooms
         self.mblog_cache = []  # used to keep our own blog entries in memory, to show them in new mblog panel
         self.avatars_cache = {}  # keep track of jid's avatar hash (key=jid, value=file)
-        #self.discuss_panel.addWidget(panels.EmptyPanel(self))
-        self.discuss_panel.addWidget(panels.MicroblogPanel(self, []))
-        #self.discuss_panel.addWidget(panels.EmptyPanel(self))
         self._register_box = None
         RootPanel().add(self.panel)
         DOM.addEventPreview(self)
-        self.resize()
         self._register = RegisterCall()
         self._register.call('isRegistered', self._isRegisteredCB)
         self.initialised = False
@@ -328,7 +324,13 @@
             self._defaultDomain = "libervia.org"
 
         self.bridge.call("getNewAccountDomain", (domain_cb, domain_eb))
-        self.bridge.call('asyncGetParamA', self._setUniBox, Const.ENABLE_UNIBOX_PARAM, Const.ENABLE_UNIBOX_KEY)
+
+        def unibox_cb(enable):
+            self._setUniBox(enable)
+            self.discuss_panel.addWidget(panels.MicroblogPanel(self, []))
+            self.resize()  # resize after all the UI elements have been attached
+
+        self.bridge.call('asyncGetParamA', unibox_cb, Const.ENABLE_UNIBOX_PARAM, Const.ENABLE_UNIBOX_KEY)
 
     def _tryAutoConnect(self):
         """This method retrieve the eventual URL parameters to auto-connect the user."""