** This Module will no longer be maintained (shocker) as this functionality is mainly present in VBO and thats what we started using internally. **
Action Views is used together with the views module. Action views adds a view type of "Action View" to the views interface. This will present your view as a table, and adds a list of actions you can perform against the results of the query executed by the view. We have taken a modular approach whereby additional actions can easily be added to the module in the form of an include file.
The typical kind of usage for this module is to execute actions against multiple records, so for example, deleting a bunch of nodes in one go; changing taxonomies for a bunch of stories in one go, etc.
Create Content Block extends the user inteface for creating content by providing a pulldown block of content types and a button for quickly creating new content, the block is OG aware and adds the group id to the links when on an OG page
It was primarily developed because the UI for creating content was clumsy, especially when comparing the difference between creating content when in and not-in an OG page.
But while this block is OG aware, it does not rely on OG. And it has definite value to non-OG sites by providing a simple create content block.
This module falls under the category of "let's improve the User experience". Since this module tries to improve the UI, the button text is configurable.