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Updated Very bare walkthrough for first time users (markdown)

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Very-bare-walkthrough-for-first-time-users.md

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Images are way easier than walls of text to explain how µMatrix works. So let's visit [wired.com](https://wired.com).
Images are way easier than walls of text to explain how uMatrix works. So let's visit [wired.com](https://wired.com).
When you first visit [wired.com](https://wired.com), open the matrix:
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The top-most left-most cell is the currently selected **scope**. The currently selected scope is just a user interface thing. This allows you to look at, or edit rules in a specific scope. The matrix filtering engine always filter net requests by evaluating rules in the narrowest scope first.
All rules in µMatrix are created in a specific scope. Above in the picture, the `*` is selected. The `*` is the global scope. The global scope contains rules which applies **everywhere**, on every page you visit.
All rules in uMatrix are created in a specific scope. Above in the picture, the `*` is selected. The `*` is the global scope. The global scope contains rules which applies **everywhere**, on every page you visit.
Since µMatrix works in block-all/allow-exceptionally out of the box, pretty much everything is blocked in the global scope, except for CSS-related and image resources.
Since uMatrix works in block-all/allow-exceptionally out of the box, pretty much everything is blocked in the global scope, except for CSS-related and image resources.
Let's switch scope to `wired.com`: click the scope cell, and select `wired.com`. The matrix looks different now: