[Pidgin] #3782: Change the preferences layout to use a tree view/info pane

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#3782: Change the preferences layout to use a tree view/info pane
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  Reporter:  muellejo      |       Owner:             
      Type:  patch         |      Status:  new        
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:             
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.2.2      
Resolution:                |    Keywords:  preferences
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by deryni):

 pidgin specifically moved *away* from a tree list like that to the tabbed
 view we have now. We did this because people found the tree much more
 confusing, it encouraged us to add random options because "we had space
 for them", and a handful of other reasons I don't remember anymore.

 Likewise we moved plugins out of the preferences window at around the same
 time because we noticed that virtually no one was finding them. (Plugins
 weren't originally in the preferences window, and I protested the move to
 it when it originally happened, but I lost that argument.)

 So as far as I'm concerned both of these are huge steps backwards.

 Also, as a matter of style I am entirely unsure why this patch decided to
 include a new GTK+ widget to implement this.

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