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EDIT 2: Author removed the image.

I clicked on the link. It shows me a full-screen image with some text telling me to click and drag and tap and slide. So I clicked on the text and dragged and ... it's text.

I pressed space (probably subconsciously) and found out that it scrolls and it's an article about user interaction. But the only thing I saw at first is a picture and a title. It seems like they went out of their way to destroy usability so it looks nice. Especially ironic in an article about user interfaces.

I don't think it would really hurt to put "scroll down to read some text" on there, so you know you can scroll.

EDIT: this is what I see: http://i.imgur.com/euC9MeN.jpg

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Yes, I failed on this too. I tried triple clicking the text and thought the "Share a Note/Twitter" popup was the whole point. I couldn't figure out the drag bit and assumed the "Tap Tap Tap" was for mobile. It wasn't until I read your comment that I realized I could scroll down to an actual article. Embarrassing.

"scroll down to read some text" on there, so you know you can scroll.

I saw the picture and text at first, but also the scrollbar that indicated there was more content, so I knew I should scroll down.

The problem is, Mac OS (I don't know about others) don't have a static scrollbar anymore. There's no way of knowing. The people that make medium.com surely must know that in Mac OS there will be no indication that there's any content to read, and that if they fill the screen with a large image without showing any content, they should at least say "there's some content below".

(Granted you can enable it in the System Preferences, but that's not standard)

This is a pretty standard view for Medium posts - little to do with the OP.

I have noticed it on other posts, but that doesn't mean it's not a feature of this webpage that's been linked here. And I was actually confused.

People post all kinds of things here. Something that did something when you dragged words about wouldn't be unexpected.

Maybe the title is a little confusing. I didn't mean for it to be giving instructions, just a comparison of the interactions on desktop (click and drag) and mobile (tap and slide).

The title's a little bit weird, but it does make sense coupled with an article. The point is, the article isn't visible until you scroll, and there's nothing to say that there's an article.

Fair point. I've removed the photo so the article is visible without having to scroll down. Hopefully that should clear up some confusion!

Cool. No longer confusing to a newcomer.

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