[Bug 146918] Re: Poor descriptions for some applications in Startup Programs window

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I downloaded http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid/alpha-3/lucid-
desktop-i386.iso and booted it in Virtualbox.  (Incidentally, it takes
several minutes to boot up!)  I inspected the dialog System >
Preferences > Startup Applications and found the following issues to be
still open:

* Bluetooth Manager is still kind of vacuous
* Certificate and Key Storage has a very technical description
* Disk Notifications is ... unobvious.  What does it actually do?
* GNOME Settings Daemon doesn't have a description, still
* Power kind of irks me, although it's not obvious how to improve it
* Print Queue Applet is still kind of riddled with jargon
* Update Notifier should IMHO mention that it checks for system software updates
* User folders update could still benefit from a somehow less obscure description

The following issues are new, and it's not obvious to me that they
belong in this bug in particular.

* Certificate and Key Storage is not consistent with the other Gnome Keyring stuff
* Unchecked items are greyed, as if you couldn't enable them (in fact you can)
* Gwibber is unchecked by default
* "if enabled" is kind of superfluous in the description of Personal File Sharing

Below is an ASCII art rendition of the dialog box in Lucid Alpha 3.

* Bluetooth Manager
  Bluetooth Manager applet
* Certificate and Key Storage
  GNOME Keyring: PKCS#11 Component
* Check for new hardware drivers
  Notify about new hardware drivers ava...
* Disk Notifications
  Provides notifications related to disks
* Evolution Alarm Notifier
  Ensures that alarms set in Evolution go...
---more---
* GNOME Login Sound
  Plays a sound whenever you log in
* GNOME Settings Daemon
  No description
? Gwibber
  Microblogging Client for GNOME
* Network Manager
  Control your network connections
* Personal File Sharing
  Launch Personal File Sharing if enabled
---more---
* Power
  Power management daemon
* Print Queue Applet
  System tray icon for managing print jobs
* PulseAudio Sound System
  Start the PulseAudio Sound System
* Remote Desktop
  GNOME Remote Desktop Server
---more---
* Secret Storage Service
  GNOME Keyring: Secret Service
* SSH Key Agent
  GNOME Keyring: SSH Agent
* Update Notifier
  Check for available updates automatic...
* User folders update
  Update common folders names to mat...
* Visual Assistance
  Start the preferred visual assistive tec...

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Poor descriptions for some applications in Startup Programs window
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/146918
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