Re: [Usability] Technical language in applet menus

[Mystilleef <mystilleef gmail com>]

1). Stop screensaver process
2). Restart screensaver process

This is assuming the term "process" is familiar enough to most computer users.

On 5/7/05, Tom Conneely <tom conneely gmail com> wrote:
> Just one small thing, the lock screen applet (I'm using 2.6.8, I
> apologise if this has already been dealt with) contains some technical
> spiel:
> 1. "Kill screensaver Daemon"
> 2. "Restart screensaver Daemon"
> 
> To a non-technical user kill sounds intimidating and destructive and
> they probably have no idea what a daemon is.
> 
> I am going to submit a bug about this but first I wanted suggestions
> about alternate text, and people to post any other similar problems in
> applet menus they have spotted
> ---
> tom.c
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