diff -r 47b61b9e08e6 -r f539a2c083b2 pidgin/gtkrequest.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkrequest.c	Mon Apr 25 20:13:05 2011 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkrequest.c	Mon Aug 22 21:27:03 2011 +0000
@@ -679,35 +679,30 @@
 
 	/* Dialog icon. */
 	if (icon_data) {
-		GdkPixbufLoader *loader = gdk_pixbuf_loader_new();
-		GdkPixbuf *pixbuf = NULL;
-		if (gdk_pixbuf_loader_write(loader, icon_data, icon_size, NULL)) {
-			pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_loader_get_pixbuf(loader);
-			if (pixbuf) {
-				/* scale the image if it is too large */
-				int width = gdk_pixbuf_get_width(pixbuf);
-				int height = gdk_pixbuf_get_height(pixbuf);
-				if (width > 128 || height > 128) {
-					int scaled_width = width > height ? 128 : (128 * width) / height;
-					int scaled_height = height > width ? 128 : (128 * height) / width;
-					GdkPixbuf *scaled =
-							gdk_pixbuf_scale_simple(pixbuf, scaled_width, scaled_height,
-							    GDK_INTERP_BILINEAR);
+		GdkPixbuf *pixbuf = pidgin_pixbuf_from_data(icon_data, icon_size);
+		if (pixbuf) {
+			/* scale the image if it is too large */
+			int width = gdk_pixbuf_get_width(pixbuf);
+			int height = gdk_pixbuf_get_height(pixbuf);
+			if (width > 128 || height > 128) {
+				int scaled_width = width > height ? 128 : (128 * width) / height;
+				int scaled_height = height > width ? 128 : (128 * height) / width;
+				GdkPixbuf *scaled =
+						gdk_pixbuf_scale_simple(pixbuf, scaled_width, scaled_height,
+						    GDK_INTERP_BILINEAR);
 
-					purple_debug_info("pidgin",
-					    "dialog icon was too large, scale it down\n");
-					if (scaled) {
-						g_object_unref(pixbuf);
-						pixbuf = scaled;
-					}
+				purple_debug_info("pidgin",
+				    "dialog icon was too large, scaled it down\n");
+				if (scaled) {
+					g_object_unref(pixbuf);
+					pixbuf = scaled;
 				}
-				img = gtk_image_new_from_pixbuf(pixbuf);
 			}
+			img = gtk_image_new_from_pixbuf(pixbuf);
+			g_object_unref(pixbuf);
 		} else {
 			purple_debug_info("pidgin", "failed to parse dialog icon\n");
 		}
-		gdk_pixbuf_loader_close(loader, NULL);
-		g_object_unref(loader);
 	}
 
 	if (!img) {
@@ -888,6 +883,10 @@
 			gtk_text_buffer_set_text(buffer, value, -1);
 		}
 
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,12,0)
+		gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(textview, purple_request_field_get_tooltip(field));
+#endif
+
 		gtk_text_view_set_editable(GTK_TEXT_VIEW(textview),
 			purple_request_field_string_is_editable(field));
 
@@ -912,6 +911,10 @@
 		if (value != NULL)
 			gtk_entry_set_text(GTK_ENTRY(widget), value);
 
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,12,0)
+		gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(widget, purple_request_field_get_tooltip(field));
+#endif
+
 		if (purple_request_field_string_is_masked(field))
 		{
 			gtk_entry_set_visibility(GTK_ENTRY(widget), FALSE);
@@ -952,6 +955,10 @@
 		gtk_entry_set_text(GTK_ENTRY(widget), buf);
 	}
 
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,12,0)
+	gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(widget, purple_request_field_get_tooltip(field));
+#endif
+
 	g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(widget), "focus-out-event",
 					 G_CALLBACK(field_int_focus_out_cb), field);
 
@@ -966,6 +973,10 @@
 	widget = gtk_check_button_new_with_label(
 		purple_request_field_get_label(field));
 
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,12,0)
+	gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(widget, purple_request_field_get_tooltip(field));
+#endif
+
 	gtk_toggle_button_set_active(GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(widget),
 		purple_request_field_bool_get_default_value(field));
 
@@ -996,6 +1007,10 @@
 		gtk_combo_box_set_active(GTK_COMBO_BOX(widget),
 						purple_request_field_choice_get_default_value(field));
 
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,12,0)
+		gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(widget, purple_request_field_get_tooltip(field));
+#endif
+
 		g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(widget), "changed",
 						 G_CALLBACK(field_choice_menu_cb), field);
 	}
@@ -1013,6 +1028,10 @@
 
 		widget = box;
 
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,12,0)
+		gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(widget, purple_request_field_get_tooltip(field));
+#endif
+
 		for (l = labels, i = 0; l != NULL; l = l->next, i++)
 		{
 			const char *text = l->data;
@@ -1042,24 +1061,23 @@
 {
 	GtkWidget *widget;
 	GdkPixbuf *buf, *scale;
-	GdkPixbufLoader *loader;
 
-	loader = gdk_pixbuf_loader_new();
-	gdk_pixbuf_loader_write(loader,
-							(const guchar *)purple_request_field_image_get_buffer(field),
-							purple_request_field_image_get_size(field),
-							NULL);
-	gdk_pixbuf_loader_close(loader, NULL);
-	buf = gdk_pixbuf_loader_get_pixbuf(loader);
+	buf = pidgin_pixbuf_from_data(
+			(const guchar *)purple_request_field_image_get_buffer(field),
+			purple_request_field_image_get_size(field));
 
 	scale = gdk_pixbuf_scale_simple(buf,
 			purple_request_field_image_get_scale_x(field) * gdk_pixbuf_get_width(buf),
 			purple_request_field_image_get_scale_y(field) * gdk_pixbuf_get_height(buf),
 			GDK_INTERP_BILINEAR);
 	widget = gtk_image_new_from_pixbuf(scale);
-	g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(loader));
+	g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(buf));
 	g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(scale));
 
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,12,0)
+	gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(widget, purple_request_field_get_tooltip(field));
+#endif
+
 	return widget;
 }
 
@@ -1075,6 +1093,10 @@
 		purple_request_field_account_get_filter(field),
 		field);
 
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,12,0)
+	gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(widget, purple_request_field_get_tooltip(field));
+#endif
+
 	return widget;
 }
 
@@ -1158,7 +1180,7 @@
 			GdkPixbuf* pixbuf = NULL;
 
 			if (icon_path)
-				pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file(icon_path, NULL);
+				pixbuf = pidgin_pixbuf_new_from_file(icon_path);
 
 			gtk_list_store_set(store, &iter,
 						   0, purple_request_field_list_get_data(field, text),