[Pidgin] #6869: Contents of "Advanced" tab dependent on protocol menu in the "Basic" tab

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#6869: Contents of "Advanced" tab dependent on protocol menu in the "Basic" tab
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 Reporter:  mpt     |        Owner:              
     Type:  defect  |       Status:  new         
Milestone:          |    Component:  pidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.4.3   |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:          |  
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Comment(by deryni):

 History has shown us that our users do not understand (and quite often do
 not even see) expander areas, so as far as I am concerned moving in that
 direction is a non-starter. Further, it is my belief that we may in fact
 have previously used an expander and moved to the tabs exactly because no
 one ever found the expander-hidden settings.

 I think moving the protocol selector above the tabs will likely look
 hideous (as well as being decidedly unusual, I can't think of (m)any
 places with tabs nested inside of some other control/frame layout).

 I agree, in principle, that people may not connect the changing of a
 setting on one page with the available fields on another page, but to date
 I am unaware of any complaints we have received about this, and the
 settings that exist on each of the advanced pages are generally not
 anything the people prone to confusion need to be changing anyway (and are
 often better off avoiding).

 It may make sense to rename the Advanced tab to something a little less
 'interesting' sounding and something more account-specific sounding, but
 that is a separate issue.

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