How smooth scrolling should feel: inertia, damping and matching what people expect.

- 2026
- Interaction
- Lenis, GSAP


Damping
Per-frame interpolation, converted to time-based damping.
Platforms
Windows mouse wheels need different multipliers than trackpads.
Respect
People who prefer reduced motion get native scrolling.

The findings shaped the scrolling on this site, which follows the wheel closely and settles quickly.
- EMIRO
- EMIRO
- EMIRO
- Lenis, GSAP