I think this is better, but I still don't like how some descriptions
describe what the process does while others are simply the same words
in the name rearranged while others describe the process itself.
Also, get rid of the word 'daemon' - it means nothing to people who
view their computer as a tool to get work done (read: a large subset
of our presumed target users) and people who know what a daemon is can
figure it out even if it isn't explicitly indicated.

This is what I came up with in a few minutes at work on a Windows
machine (so I couldn't check a few things, noted above).  I'm still
quite a newbie, so please correct me at every opportunity.  I am still
unsure about passive voice.

"GNOME accessibility" - "Arrange alternative interaction devices"
"Bluetooth manager" - "Connect and configure bluetooth devices"
"Driver update" - "Configure hardware drivers"
"Evolution alarm notifier" - "Configure advanced alarm clock features"
(is this correct?)
"GNOME keyring" - "Manage authentication for your GPG encryption keys"
"GNOME login sound" - "Configure system sounds"
"GNOME settings" - "Manage computer configurations"
"GNOME settings helper" - "Automatically manage computer
configurations" (is this correct?)
"GNOME splash screen" - "Change startup screen graphics"
"Indicator applet" - "Configure notifications for system"
"Network manager" - "Connect to a computer network"
"Power manager" - "Change power settings"
"Print queue applet" - "Show printer status"
"Sound session management" - "Manage sound system options" (should
this be "manager" rather than "management"?)
"Remote desktop" - "Allow others to connect to your desktop from a network"
"Seahorse keyring manager" - "Configure secure-shell (SSH)
authentication options"
"Tracker" - "Search and index files and folders"
"Tracker applet" - "Show indexing activity"
"Update notifier" - "Notify about application updates"
"User folders update" - "Keep default folder names localized"
"Visual assistance" - "Help for visually impaired users"

Thanks for caring so much about UI.
-- andruk

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Martin Albisetti<email address hidden> wrote:
> How's this?
>
> "GNOME accessibility" - "System accessibility process"
> "Bluetooth manager" - "Manages your bluetooth connections"
> "Find new hardware drivers" - "Notifies you about new hardware driver"
> "Evolution alarm notifier" - "Allows alarms set in Evolution to work"
> "GNOME keyring daemon" - "Manages authentication for your GPG keys"
> "GNOME login sound" - "Plays a sounds on startup"
> "GNOME settings daemon" - "System process used to manage configurations"
> "GNOME settings daemon Helper" - "System process used to manage configurations"
> "GNOME splash screen" - "Startup screen graphics"
> "Indicator applet" - "Displays information about various core applications"
> "Network manager" - "Network management"
> "Power manager" - "Power management"
> "Print queue applet" - "System icon that displays printer queue"
> "Sound session management" - "Manages Pulseaudio sound sessions"
> "Remote desktop" - "Allow others to connect remotely to your desktop"
> "Seahorse daemon" - "Manages SSH key authentication"
> "Tracker" - "Search and indexing service"
> "Tracker applet" - "System icon that displays indexing activity"
> "Update notifier" - "Notifies you of system updates"
> "User folders update" - "Keeps default folder names localized"
> "Visual assistance" - "Preferred visual assistive application"
>
> --
> Poor descriptions for some applications in Startup Programs window
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/146918
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