[Setup-tool-hackers] Revision of Text in Setup Tools UI

[Aaron Weber <aaron ximian com>]

Hey all. Here are kevin's and my suggestions for text revisions in the
setup tools. Please review them and let me know what you think. The
goals I had in mind were: consistency of punctuation and titles (every
tool's main window title ending in "Settings" and every window
description with a ':', giving short, to-the-point item descriptions.

Don't start implementing them until they are approved by... i guess
Chema and Nat?  Not sure.  But certainly not until they've been
commented on.



Boot Manager:
  Change "Use this tool...." to 
  Bootable operating systems:

  Change window title to "Boot Settings"

Boot Image Editor:
  Delete description entirely.

Boot Setup Druid:
  Call it Boot Setup Assistant
  Delete user-related text.

Partitions:
  Interface should be made un-tabbed. Paragraph of text should be
removed.
  Between HD icon and monkey-wrench icon, put "Disks and Partitions:"
  Title of window should be "Disk and Partition Settings"

Memory:
  Change title to "Memory and Swap Settings"

Network:
  "General" tab:
  Change "How this computer..." to  "Network identification for this
Computer:"

  Connections tab:
    change "how other..." to "Network access methods:" 

    Choose "Add" and:
      Change "Select..." to  "Choose connection type:"

      "General" tab:
        Remove all of intro paragraph.
        change "Comment" to "Name"
        Change "Allow activation control for all users" to "Allow all
users to activate connection:"

      "Account" tab:
         change "how to..." to "Dial-up account settings:"

	 Advanced tab: change '.' to ':'

	 IP settings tab: (in all but dialup):
           change "how..." to Set Internet (IP) Address:


  DNS tab:
    Change "How the..." to "Domain Name Servers:"
    delete hrule at bottom,  and the line "The DNS domain for your
computer."

  Hosts tab:
    remove "The IP address of this host" and the hrule above it.

Shares Setup:
  Change title to "File Sharing Settings"
 
  Imports tab: Change "Imports are..." to:
    Remote folders available on this computer:
 
  Exports tab:
   change "exports are..." to "Folders on this computer available to
others:"

  Remove descriptions of "Add/Edit" dialogs entirely. They know what
  it's for-- they clicked "Add" in the Shares settings.

Time and Date Settings: 

  I'm confused here about the UI: you have a single tab, which is bad,
  but there are two binary choices (Server vs. local time mgmt). You
  could do those as 2 tabs, and it looks like you were going to.

  I'd say the first choice should be a radio button:
  * Set Time On This Computer
  o Use a Time Server

  Then, depending on which one you choose, the rest of the dialog
  would appear or activate: the calendar/time/timezone thing, and a
  place to enter a server. I guess then the only issue is that you
  need to set Time Zone in *Both* cases.

  Anyway, if you're going to leave it this way, i'd change the text at
  the top to read: 

  "Set the system clock, or specify a time server:"


Users and Groups:

Change title to "User and Group Settings"

       Users tab:
       Change "this is the..." to "Users on this system:"
      
      Groups tab:
        Change "This is the..." to "Groups on this system:"

	Profiles window:
	 Profiles tab:
         Maybe call it "User templates" and don't explain?
         That or say: "User profiles:"

         System tab:
           "System defaults for this profile:"
           or "System options for this profile:"
         Security:
           "Security options for this profile:"
           "Security defaults for this profile:"
 (whether you use "options" or "defaults", use the same word both
places).

cheers,
a.

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