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by petitmiam 4944 days ago
For me, the vertical scrollbar in my browser is a visual cue that I have the ability to scroll using the scroll-wheel.

If the news page hadn't explained that using the scroll-wheel will scroll the page horizontally, I wouldn't have known to try it.

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Agree, didn't know I can scroll-wheel to scroll until I saw this comment.
In an attempt to explain this, I show a message ('Click "Connect" to start using YouRad.io, or scroll right to learn more') if you haven't scrolled after a while (7 or 8 seconds, I think).
I tried it to see what'd happen but the experience hurt my mind.
I hope there wasn't any permanent damage, I'd feel responsible.