Getting started with Weft
Installing Weft replaces Chrome's new tab page. The first time you open one, you'll pick a starting layout, then a short checklist points out four things worth knowing before you go exploring on your own.
Picking a starting layout
On first open, a full-screen picker shows a handful of preset dashboard layouts, with one pre-selected as the recommended starting point. Picking one just decides which widgets show up and roughly where, nothing about it is permanent: everything can be added, removed, resized, or moved once the dashboard loads.
Continue, and the dashboard loads with that layout already in place.
The getting started checklist
About a second after the dashboard first loads, a checklist opens from a button in the dock. It covers four things:
- 1Try the Quick Command. Press Space anywhere on the page to open it (Ctrl+Shift+K also works, even before you've clicked anything). Type something plain like "Buy groceries", or a command like /task, /note, /job, or /link, then press Enter.
- 2Customize your layout. Press E, or the edit button in the dock, to enter Edit Mode. Widgets start to wiggle: drag one to move it, then press E again when done.
- 3Add a widget. Opens Settings on the Widgets tab, where every widget can be browsed and added.
- 4Make it yours. Opens Settings on Appearance: wallpaper, theme, and the rest of what's configurable.
Honest limits
The checklist only opens on its own once. Closing it with the X dismisses it for good, and the dock button disappears once it's dismissed or once all four items are checked off, whichever comes first. Nothing about the four features themselves changes though: Quick Command, Edit Mode, the widget picker, and Settings are all still exactly where they were, just without the guided nudge pointing at them.
The rest of it
This is just the first minute. Quick Command, Edit Mode, adding widgets, and Appearance each go deeper than the checklist has room for.