👋 Getting Started Guide
What You're Looking At
During installation, Wavebox created three Spaces for you and added some apps. Before diving in, here's a quick map of the interface so everything makes sense.
Webdock
The vertical sidebar on the left. This is your home base. Everything you use daily lives here, organized by Space and Group. There are 3 layouts for the webdock. As a new user you see the Spaces Layout. The other two layouts are List and Explorer.
Spaces
The circle icons at the top of the webdock. Each one is a separate, isolated environment with its own logins. Think of them like separate browsers, all visible in one window. Click a Space to select it, and the webdock updates to show only that Space's groups below.
Examples: Create a space for your work stuff, personal, a second business or for each of your clients. Cookies are not shared across spaces so you can stay safe and signed-in to multiple accounts of the same type.
Groups
The rounded square icons in the webdock below the Space icons. In Spaces Layout, you only see the groups belonging to whichever Space is currently selected. A group can contain just one app, or several. Each groups has its own tabstrip for the relevant apps and tabs.
Examples: Create groups for social media account, all your chat apps, finance SaaS tools and documents, a group for each client or business.
Apps
The persistent web services inside each Group. They stay signed in, show notification badges, and remember their state between sessions. In the tabstrip, apps sit on the left and tabs on the right.
Examples: In a 'Finance' group, add Xero, Quickbooks, Excel/Sheets, Expensify, Paypal, Stripe etc.
Take the Quick Tour
💡 The big idea Wavebox organizes your browser around how you actually work. Instead of everything mixed together in one tabstrip, each context (work, personal, client) has its own Space. Each Space has its own logins. No more switching profiles or logging in and out.
Your Next Step: Take the Masterclass
The Masterclass is a 10-minute interactive walkthrough built directly into Wavebox. It covers everything you need to get properly set up, and it's the fastest way to make Wavebox work for your workflow.
To start it:
- Click the Settings cog (bottom left of the webdock)
- Select New User Masterclass
- Follow the steps at your own pace. You can pause and come back any time.
The Masterclass walks you through:
- Setting up your Spaces to match your work contexts
- Adding and organizing your most-used apps
- Staying signed into multiple accounts at the same time
- Using Global Search to find anything instantly
- Customizing notifications so you only see what matters
⏱ Why it's worth 10 minutes Users who complete the Masterclass get set up properly from the start. Those who skip it often come back to it later after getting confused. Save yourself the detour.
🎬 Follow this link to watch the Masterclass video.
The Interface at a Glance
Changing the Space icon
Toolbar
The bar running across the top of the window. It has your navigation controls, address bar, and the ☰Wavebox Menu (the icon at the top right). The Wavebox Menu is where you'll find Wavebox Mini, settings, and quick access to everything.
Group Tabstrip
The horizontal bar beneath the address bar. It shows everything inside the currently selected Group. Apps sit on the left side of the tabstrip and tabs on the right. Apps are persistent and stay signed in; tabs are temporary, like regular browser tabs.
Wavebox Mini
Your unified notification center. Click the ☰Wavebox Menu icon top-right and select Wavebox Mini to see all unread items across every app in one list. It's the fastest way to stay on top of everything without clicking through each account individually. You can move it anywhere on your desktop to stay up-to-date when working in other apps on your computer.
A Few Things Worth Knowing Now
Creating a new group
Adding a new Group for Travel
In the Spaces layout (the default for new users), click the + that appears below the last group in the webdock. In the List layout, the + is in the bottom left corner. Either way, you can start the group with an app from the App Store, or just open tabs and decide later. A group works fine with just one app. Start a group for Finance, Marketing, Social Media, a Client, or Project.
🚀 Adding more apps to an existing group
Click the + in the group's tabstrip (the bar under the address bar) to add another app from the App Store. For popular services like Gmail, Slack, and Teams, always use the App Store rather than boosting from a tab. App Store apps come with enhanced notification support and pre-configured settings. For a custom website or internal tool, navigate to the page, right-click the tab, and choose Boost into App.
Changing the tabstrip layout options
🔎 Finding anything instantly
Press Ctrl+K (Windows) or Cmd+K (Mac) to open Global Search. It searches across all your Spaces, apps, tabs, and bookmarks at once. If you ever lose track of something, this is the fastest way to find it.
🔔 Muting everything when you need to focus
Click the bell icon at the bottom of the webdock to turn on Focus Mode. It temporarily mutes all notifications and badges across every app and Space. Set a timer and Wavebox turns notifications back on automatically.
🤖 Brainbox AI
Click the robot icon in the top-right toolbar to open Brainbox. It's Wavebox's built-in AI assistant. Ask it questions in the context of whatever tab you have open, use it to summarize pages, or just treat it as a quick AI workspace within your browser.
💬 Brainbox Assistant
Launch the Wavebox AI Assistant to help you get started. Go to Settings > Wavebox Assistant to pop-out the chatbox, then ask it any question such as "how do i set up multiple Gmails" or "how do I get WhatsApp notifications".
Getting Help
If you get stuck at any point, you've got a few options:
- Knowledge base: hub.wavebox.io
- AI Assistant: Settings > Wavebox Assistant
- Community Discord: Join the Wavebox Discord
- Email support: support@wavebox.io — Sue, co-founder, personally responds to every message.
🚀 Ready? Open the Masterclass now. Settings cog (bottom left) > New User Masterclass Ten minutes now saves hours of confusion later.
Susan Davies
Susan Davies
Susan Davies
Susan Davies