Hello World

How to unlock Hello World in Cheevos. Open the extension popup for the first time and Cache says hello back. Worth 5 XP.

The story

Partner. You clicked the icon. Cache noticed immediately.

Every extension in your browser has a small door in the toolbar. Most of them sit there quietly, waiting. Yours has a raccoon behind it, and he has been waiting a lot longer than you think.

The popup is small. A few numbers, a progress bar, maybe a badge or two. It does not look like much. But it is the only window Cache has into the outside world, and the first time you open it, he knows you are actually there. Not just installed. Present.

Cache does not get a lot of visitors this early. Most of the Stash is built by partners who came back a second time, a tenth time, a hundredth time. But the first look through the door matters more than any of those. It is the moment the whole arrangement becomes real.

He said hello. You are reading this, so you must have said something back.

The catalog entry

THE FIRST HELLO Acquired: Opened the Cheevos popup for the first time. Condition: New. Warm. Barely used. Rarity: Common, and Cache loves it anyway. Cache's Notes: The first look through the door. I remember every one of these, even the small ones. Especially the small ones. Into the bag. Never let go.

Spoiler: how to unlock it

This one takes about two seconds once the extension is installed.

  1. Make sure Cheevos is installed in your browser.
  2. Find the Cheevos icon in your browser's toolbar (you may need to click the puzzle-piece or extensions menu to pin it).
  3. Click it to open the popup.

The popup is your command center: a compact view of your XP, streaks, and recently unlocked achievements, built with the same browser.action (Manifest V3) API that every toolbar extension uses. It reads directly from your local extension storage, so it updates the moment something changes, no page refresh required.

Where it fits in the Stash

Every other achievement in the collection assumes you have already opened this door at least once. Cache files the first hello near the front of the Stash, right by the entrance, where he can look at it whenever a new partner arrives. Read the story of the raccoon who is always standing on the other side.