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gnome-power-manager package

  1. Bug #146918
  2. Comment #46

Comment 46 for bug 146918

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Matthias Urlichs (smurf) wrote : Re: [Bug 146918] Re: Poor descriptions for some applications in Startup Programs window

Hi,

Martin Albisetti:
> "GNOME accessibility" - "System accessibility process"
> "Bluetooth manager" - "Manages your bluetooth connections"
> "Evolution alarm notifier" - "Allows alarms set in Evolution to work"
 [etc.] Shouldn't you use the imperative here? I.e. "Manage your ...",
"Allow alarms ...", etc.

> "Find new hardware drivers" - "Notifies you about new hardware driver"
Umm, IMHO the important part is to _install_ drivers for your new
hardware, so that's what it should say.

> "GNOME settings daemon" - "System process used to manage configurations"
s/used to manage/for managing/ ?

> "Network manager" - "Network management"
> "Power manager" - "Power management"

That doesn't convey any additional information. :-/

> "Tracker applet" - "System icon that displays indexing activity"

Why not simply "display indexing activity"?

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