diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 97f87bf..7f76096 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-.PHONY: README.md log examples
-
-all: README.md
-	# reset
+all:
 	@echo
-	@echo "make examples     # will run all the Example demos and commands"
-	@echo "make update       # full git update of all the dependencies"
+	@echo This is the core gui package 'go.wit.com/gui/gui'
 	@echo
-	@echo This Requires working IPv6
+	@echo It creates a binary tree of widgets
+	@echo The widgets are things like Windows, Buttons, Labels, etc
 	@echo
 ifeq ($(GO111MODULE),)
 	@echo
@@ -19,49 +16,21 @@ ifeq ($(GO111MODULE),)
 	@echo
 	@echo export GO111MODULE=off
 	@echo
-	sleep 3
 endif
-ifeq (,$(wildcard go.mod))
-	go mod init gui
-	go mod tidy
-endif
-	make clean
-	make plugins
-	make examples-buttons
 
-build-dep:
-	apt install -f libgtk-3-dev
+redomod:
+	rm -f go.*
+	go mod init
+	go mod tidy
 
 # should update every go dependancy (?)
 update:
 	git pull
 	go get -v -t -u ./...
 
-examples:   \
-	all \
-	examples-helloworld \
-	examples-buttons \
-	examples-console-ui-helloworld
-
-# this is the most basic one. This syntax should always work
-examples-helloworld:
-	make -C examples/helloworld
-
-examples-buttons:
-	make -C examples/buttons
-
-examples-console-ui-helloworld:
-	make -C examples/console-ui-helloworld
-
-git.wit.org:
-	git push witgui master
-	git push witgui devel
-	git push witgui jcarr
-	git push witgui --tags
-
 # sync repo to the github backup
 # git remote add github git@github.com:wit-go/gui.git
-github: git.wit.org
+github:
 	git push origin master
 	git push origin devel
 	git push origin --tags
@@ -69,35 +38,12 @@ github: git.wit.org
 	git push github devel
 	git push github --tags
 	@echo
+	@echo check https://git.wit.org/gui/gui
 	@echo check https://github.com/wit-go/gui
 	@echo
 
 doc:
 	godoc -v
 
-goget:
-	go get -v -t -u
-	make -C toolkit/gocui goget
-	make -C toolkit/andlabs goget
-
-clean:
-	rm -f toolkit/*.so
-
-plugins: plugins-gocui plugins-andlabs
-
-plugins-gocui:
-	go build -C toolkit/gocui -v -buildmode=plugin -o ../gocui.so
-	go build -C toolkit/nocui -v -buildmode=plugin -o ../nocui.so
-
-plugins-andlabs:
-	go build -C toolkit/andlabs -v -buildmode=plugin -o ../andlabs.so
-
-objdump:
-	objdump -t toolkit/andlabs.so |less
-
-log:
-	reset
-	tail -f /tmp/witgui.* /tmp/guilogfile
-
 submit-to-docs:
 	GOPROXY=https://proxy.golang.org GO111MODULE=on go get go.wit.com/gui@v1.0.0
diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index c68b0ae..e8f94db 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -41,20 +41,16 @@ Hello World Example
 
 	// go will sit here until the window exits
 	func main() {
-		myGui = gui.New()
+		myGui = gui.New().Default()
+
+		helloworld()
 	}
 
-	// This initializes the first window and 2 tabs
+	// This initializes the first window, a group and a button
 	func helloworld() {
 		window := myGui.NewWindow("hello world")
-		addTab(window, "A Simple Tab Demo")
-		addTab(window, "A Second Tab")
-	}
 
-	func addTab(w *gui.Node, title string) {
-		tab := w.NewTab(title)
-
-		group := tab.NewGroup("foo bar")
+		group := window.NewGroup("foo bar")
 		group.NewButton("hello", func() {
 			log.Println("world")
 		})
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 989a4bd..b3900c0 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ type guiConfig struct {
 	// This is the master node. The Binary Tree starts here
 	rootNode *Node
 
-	// if the user prefers new windows or 'windows within windows' tabs
-	makeTabs bool
-
 	// A node off of rootNode for passing debugging flags
 	flag	*Node
 
diff --git a/tab.go b/tab.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0123c10..0000000
--- a/tab.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-package gui
-
-import (
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-
-	"go.wit.com/gui/toolkits"
-)
-
-// This function should make a new node with the parent and
-// the 'tab' as a child
-
-func (n *Node) NewTab(text string) *Node {
-	// check to make sure n is actually a window
-
-	if (n.WidgetType != toolkit.Window) {
-		// figure out what the actual window is
-		log.Warn("NewTab() is being requested on something that isn't a Window. node =", n)
-		if (n.parent == nil) {
-			// TODO: find a window. any window. never give up. never die.
-			log.Warn("NewTab() TODO: make a window here", n)
-			panic("NewTab did not get passed a window")
-		}
-		log.Warn("NewTab() parent =", n.parent)
-		if (n.parent.WidgetType == toolkit.Root) {
-			// also broken
-			log.Warn("NewTab() TODO: make or find a window here", n)
-			panic("NewTab() did not get passed a window")
-		}
-		// go up the binary tree until we find a window widget to add a tab too
-		return n.parent.NewTab(text)
-	}
-	newNode := n.newNode(text, toolkit.Tab)
-
-	a := newAction(newNode, toolkit.Add)
-	sendAction(a)
-
-	// by default, create a box inside the tab
-	// TODO: allow this to be configurable
-	newBox := newNode.NewBox(text + " box", true)
-
-	return newBox
-}