Comment 45 for bug 146918

Andruk wrote:
> 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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>
>
you can go on Ubuntu Brainstorm and submit your idea for program
descriptions, it might get implemented in the new release...