diff --git a/public/s/css/f0ckm.css b/public/s/css/f0ckm.css
index 3855e31..1bb9212 100644
--- a/public/s/css/f0ckm.css
+++ b/public/s/css/f0ckm.css
@@ -2916,8 +2916,9 @@ body.sidebar-right-hidden #sidebar-drag-zone::after {
     overflow: visible !important;
   }
 
+  /* Same track count as the open state so the sidebar toggle can animate the columns (f0ckm.js) */
   body.layout-legacy.sidebar-right-hidden .item-layout-container {
-    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 0px;
   }
 
   body.layout-legacy .item-layout-container .item-main-content {
@@ -3473,6 +3474,7 @@ body.sidebar-right-hidden #sidebar-drag-zone::after {
   width: 320px;
   max-height: 80vh;
   overflow-y: auto;
+  scrollbar-width: none;
   background: rgba(18, 18, 22, 0.95);
   backdrop-filter: blur(16px);
   -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(16px);
@@ -3495,19 +3497,17 @@ body.sidebar-right-hidden #sidebar-drag-zone::after {
   flex: 1;
   min-height: 0;
   overflow-y: auto;
-  scrollbar-width: thin;
-  scrollbar-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.15) transparent;
+  scrollbar-width: none;
   padding: 0;
   touch-action: pan-y;
 }
 
-.sidebar-tuner-container::-webkit-scrollbar {
-  width: 5px;
-}
-
-.sidebar-tuner-container::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
-  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.15);
-  border-radius: 4px;
+/* Tuner scrolls (floating panel or sidebar container) but without a visible scrollbar */
+.sidebar-tuner-container::-webkit-scrollbar,
+.f0ck-audio-tuner-panel::-webkit-scrollbar {
+  display: none;
+  width: 0;
+  height: 0;
 }
 
 .sidebar-tuner-container.active {
@@ -4351,7 +4351,7 @@ html[theme='95'] .sidebar-video-title {
   font-size: 1em;
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--nav-border-color);
   contain: layout style;
-  margin: 0px;
+  margin-bottom: 5px;
 }
 
 .sidebar-activity .comment-content-inner {
@@ -4833,7 +4833,7 @@ body.layout-legacy .comment-input {
 }
 
 .admin-pin-btn:hover,
-.admin-edit-btn:hover {^
+.admin-edit-btn:hover {
   color: var(--accent);
 }
 
@@ -5418,6 +5418,14 @@ body.layout-legacy .blahlol {
   border-top: 1px solid var(--nav-border-color);
 }
 
+/* Comments hidden ("c"): nothing below closes the box, so it gets its own bottom border.
+   comments-sliding = the comments are sliding up behind it or back down (comments.js); the border
+   stays for the whole slide in both directions */
+body.layout-legacy.comments-hidden .blahlol,
+body.layout-legacy.comments-sliding .blahlol {
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--nav-border-color);
+}
+
 body.layout-legacy .comments-list:not(:has(.comment)) {
   border: none;
 }
@@ -6540,9 +6548,9 @@ html[res="fullscreen"] span#favs {
 }
 
 /* Linux Firefox "thin" is often too small and hard to see. Use auto there. */
-html.is-linux.is-firefox *:not(html):not(body) {
+/* html.is-linux.is-firefox *:not(html):not(body) {
   scrollbar-width: auto;
-}
+} */
 
 /* Strictly hide root body and html scrollbar everywhere - eliminates gutter spacing */
 html,
@@ -10623,12 +10631,15 @@ div.favs div.posts {
   top: 0;
   left: 0;
   bottom: 0;
-  width: calc(100vw - var(--sidebar-w, 300px));
+  /* Always full width, shifted left by half the sidebar so it stays centred under the content. The size
+     never changes with the sidebar, so the drawing is never stretched or redrawn: the sidebar toggle only
+     moves it (transform, GPU), see toggleSidebarRight() in f0ckm.js */
+  width: 100vw;
   height: 100%;
-  transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0) scale(var(--bg-canvas-zoom, 1.38));
+  transform: translate3d(calc(var(--sidebar-w, 300px) / -2), 0, 0) scale(var(--bg-canvas-zoom, 1.38));
   transform-origin: center center;
   z-index: -2;
-  transition: opacity 1.5s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1), width 0.3s ease-in-out;
+  transition: opacity 1.5s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1), transform 0.6s cubic-bezier(0.45, 0, 0.2, 1);
   opacity: var(--bg-canvas-opacity, 0.81);
   filter: var(--bg-canvas-filter, none);
   -webkit-filter: var(--bg-canvas-filter, none);
@@ -15526,7 +15537,6 @@ body.layout-modern .tag-ac-input {
   min-height: 0;
   overflow-y: auto;
   overscroll-behavior: contain;
-  padding: 0 18px;
   scrollbar-width: none;
 }
 
@@ -15540,7 +15550,6 @@ body.layout-modern .tag-ac-input {
   /* Above everything the form layers inside the panel (badges 5-100, tag input 9998, emoji picker 10000);
      all of it lives in the panel's own stacking context, so these numbers don't leak outside */
   z-index: 10001;
-  margin: 0 -18px 12px;
   padding: 16px 62px 12px 18px;
   background: var(--bg, #111);
   border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
@@ -15672,12 +15681,15 @@ nav.navbar #nav-upload-link.is-active {
   box-shadow: inset 0 -2px 0 var(--accent);
 }
 
-nav.navbar #nav-upload-link.is-active i {
+nav.navbar #nav-upload-link i {
   display: inline-block;
-  transform: rotate(180deg);
   transition: transform 0.15s;
 }
 
+nav.navbar #nav-upload-link.is-active i {
+  transform: rotate(180deg);
+}
+
 /* Navbar entries (settings gear, user/anon menu "Settings") whose page is open in the page modal */
 nav.navbar a[data-page-modal].is-active,
 nav.navbar a[data-page-modal].is-active i {
@@ -21485,7 +21497,7 @@ body.onara-modal-open:not(.onara-modal-closing) #bg,
 body.onara-modal-open:not(.onara-modal-closing) #bg.fader-in {
   z-index: 51 !important;
   cursor: pointer !important;
-  transition: width 0.3s ease-in-out !important;
+  transition: transform 0.6s cubic-bezier(0.45, 0, 0.2, 1) !important;
   animation: none !important;
   opacity: var(--bg-canvas-opacity, 1.0) !important;
 }
diff --git a/public/s/js/comments.js b/public/s/js/comments.js
index 7fadcdd..ea9eca1 100644
--- a/public/s/js/comments.js
+++ b/public/s/js/comments.js
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ class CommentSystem {
         // inline script in header.html (prevents flash). Here we sync the
         // container-level class and display state to match.
         if (this.container) {
+            // A slide cut short by navigating away must not leave its border behind
+            this._legacySlide = null;
+            document.body.classList.remove('comments-sliding');
             const isHidden = localStorage.getItem('comments_hidden') === 'true';
             // Force show if hash is present
             if (window.location.hash && window.location.hash.startsWith('#c')) {
@@ -4135,6 +4138,16 @@ class CommentSystem {
                          document.body.classList.contains('comments-hidden') ||
                          localStorage.getItem('comments_hidden') === 'true';
 
+        // Legacy layout: comments slide up behind the info box (and back down out of it)
+        const reduceMotion = window.matchMedia && window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches;
+        if (document.body.classList.contains('layout-legacy') && typeof this.container.animate === 'function' && !reduceMotion) {
+            // A slide still running decides the direction, since the classes only flip when it ends
+            const running = this._legacySlide && this._legacySlide.el === this.container ? this._legacySlide : null;
+            const hiddenNow = running ? running.dir === 'hide' : isHidden;
+            this.slideLegacyComments(!hiddenNow, layout, sidebar, siblings);
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (isHidden) {
             // SHOW: expand grid first, then slide content in
             if (layout) layout.classList.remove('sidebar-hidden');
@@ -4170,6 +4183,83 @@ class CommentSystem {
         }
     }
 
+    // Legacy layout slide: the container shrinks from the bottom up while its content moves up by the same
+    // amount, so the comments look like they retract behind the box above them (reverse on show).
+    // Pressing again mid-slide turns it around from where it is.
+    slideLegacyComments(hide, layout, sidebar, siblings) {
+        const el = this.container;
+        const kids = Array.from(el.children);
+        // Curtain feel: slow, soft start, gentle settle at the end
+        const DURATION = 900;
+        const EASING = 'cubic-bezier(0.45, 0, 0.2, 1)';
+
+        let startH = null;
+        if (this._legacySlide) {
+            // Only turn around from mid-slide on the same item; a slide left over from a previous item is dropped
+            if (this._legacySlide.el === el) startH = el.getBoundingClientRect().height;
+            this._legacySlide.anims.forEach(a => a.cancel());
+            this._legacySlide = null;
+        }
+
+        if (!hide) {
+            // Put it back in the flow first (collapsed), so its full height can be measured
+            if (layout) layout.classList.remove('sidebar-hidden');
+            document.body.classList.remove('sidebar-left-hidden', 'comments-hidden');
+            // Border stays until the comments are fully down again
+            document.body.classList.add('comments-sliding');
+            el.classList.remove('is-hidden', 'faded-out');
+            el.style.removeProperty('display');
+            if (sidebar) {
+                sidebar.classList.remove('is-hidden');
+                sidebar.style.removeProperty('display');
+            }
+            siblings.forEach(s => s.classList.remove('faded-out'));
+            localStorage.setItem('comments_hidden', 'false');
+            if (startH === null) startH = 0;
+        } else {
+            // Mark state immediately so quick navigations stay hidden
+            localStorage.setItem('comments_hidden', 'true');
+            document.body.classList.add('comments-sliding');
+            if (startH === null) startH = el.getBoundingClientRect().height;
+        }
+
+        el.style.height = 'auto';
+        const fullH = el.scrollHeight;
+        const endH = hide ? 0 : fullH;
+        el.style.overflow = 'hidden';
+        el.style.height = endH + 'px';
+
+        const frames = (h0, h1) => [{ transform: 'translateY(' + (h0 - fullH) + 'px)' }, { transform: 'translateY(' + (h1 - fullH) + 'px)' }];
+        // A turnaround covers only part of the distance, so it takes proportionally less time (same speed)
+        const share = fullH > 0 ? Math.abs(endH - startH) / fullH : 1;
+        const opts = { duration: Math.round(DURATION * Math.max(0.3, Math.min(1, share))), easing: EASING };
+        const anims = [el.animate([{ height: startH + 'px' }, { height: endH + 'px' }], opts)];
+        kids.forEach(k => anims.push(k.animate(frames(startH, endH), opts)));
+
+        const slide = { dir: hide ? 'hide' : 'show', anims, el };
+        this._legacySlide = slide;
+        anims[0].onfinish = () => {
+            if (this._legacySlide !== slide) return;
+            this._legacySlide = null;
+            el.style.removeProperty('overflow');
+            el.style.removeProperty('height');
+            if (!hide) {
+                document.body.classList.remove('comments-sliding');
+                return;
+            }
+            el.classList.add('faded-out', 'is-hidden');
+            el.style.setProperty('display', 'none', 'important');
+            siblings.forEach(s => s.classList.add('faded-out'));
+            if (sidebar) {
+                sidebar.classList.add('is-hidden');
+                sidebar.style.setProperty('display', 'none', 'important');
+            }
+            if (layout) layout.classList.add('sidebar-hidden');
+            document.body.classList.add('sidebar-left-hidden', 'comments-hidden');
+            document.body.classList.remove('comments-sliding');
+        };
+    }
+
 
 
     escapeHtml(unsafe) {
diff --git a/public/s/js/f0ckm.js b/public/s/js/f0ckm.js
index eca2e1b..fd8dd7d 100644
--- a/public/s/js/f0ckm.js
+++ b/public/s/js/f0ckm.js
@@ -3745,6 +3745,7 @@ window.cancelAnimFrame = (function () {
         const newYtSrc = ytId ? `https://www.youtube.com/embed/${ytId}?enablejsapi=1` : newSrc;
         if (ytIframe.src !== newYtSrc) ytIframe.src = newYtSrc;
         ytIframe.style.display = 'block';
+        if (window.stopVisualizer) window.stopVisualizer();
       } else if (mime.startsWith('video/')) {
         container.classList.remove('is-youtube-active');
         container.classList.add('is-video-active');
@@ -3770,6 +3771,7 @@ window.cancelAnimFrame = (function () {
           initAlbumVideoV0ck();
           video = videoEl;
 
+          if (window.stopVisualizer) window.stopVisualizer();
           if (window.initBackground) window.initBackground();
 
           if (item.size && videoWrapper) {
@@ -3943,6 +3945,8 @@ window.cancelAnimFrame = (function () {
           imgEl.classList.add('album-img-fade');
         }
         video = null;
+        if (window.stopVisualizer) window.stopVisualizer();
+        if (window.initBackground) window.initBackground();
       }
 
       if (linkEl && !mime.startsWith('video/')) {
@@ -5275,7 +5279,7 @@ window.cancelAnimFrame = (function () {
       }
       if (!elem) {
         const albumAudio = document.getElementById('f0ck-album-audio');
-        if (albumAudio && albumAudio.src) {
+        if (albumAudio && albumAudio.src && !isInactiveAlbumAudio(albumAudio)) {
           elem = albumAudio;
         }
       }
@@ -5528,6 +5532,16 @@ window.cancelAnimFrame = (function () {
             const itemId = window.getCurrentItemId();
             const isDrawable = elem && elem.tagName === 'IMG';
 
+            // Album image slides: the /t/ thumb belongs to the whole album, so draw the slide itself
+            if (isDrawable && elem.closest('.album-gallery-container')) {
+                if (elem.complete && elem.naturalWidth > 0) {
+                    crossfadeToSource(elem);
+                } else {
+                    elem.onload = () => crossfadeToSource(elem);
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+
             if (itemId) {
                 if (document.body.classList.contains('onara-modal-open')) {
                   const onaraThumbImg = document.querySelector('.posts > a.thumb.onara-active img, .posts > a.thumb:focus img');
@@ -8825,6 +8839,20 @@ window.cancelAnimFrame = (function () {
     }
   };
 
+  // Stop the audio visualizer loop so it no longer paints into #bg
+  window.stopVisualizer = () => {
+    if (visualizerRafId) { window.cancelAnimFrame(visualizerRafId); visualizerRafId = null; }
+    const bgCanvas = document.getElementById('bg');
+    if (bgCanvas) bgCanvas.style.filter = '';
+  };
+
+  // The album template always contains a hidden <audio>; it only counts while an audio slide is shown
+  const isInactiveAlbumAudio = (el) => {
+    if (!el || el.id !== 'f0ck-album-audio') return false;
+    const albumContainer = el.closest('.album-gallery-container');
+    return !albumContainer || !albumContainer.classList.contains('is-audio-active');
+  };
+
   window.initVisualizer = (targetAudio) => {
     let audioElement = targetAudio;
     if (!audioElement || !audioElement.isConnected) {
@@ -8847,6 +8875,11 @@ window.cancelAnimFrame = (function () {
         }
       }
     }
+    if (isInactiveAlbumAudio(audioElement)) {
+      // Album is showing an image/video slide: the visualizer must not take over #bg
+      window.stopVisualizer();
+      return;
+    }
     if (audioElement) {
       if (!audioElement.crossOrigin) {
         audioElement.crossOrigin = 'anonymous';
@@ -17426,41 +17459,77 @@ window.cancelAnimFrame = (function () {
     // At ≤599px the sidebar is a pure overlay — never touch wrapper padding
     const animateWrappers = window.innerWidth > 599;
 
-    // Smoothness: the sidebar and #bg canvas animate via CSS transitions (compositor, minimal layout).
-    // The content wrappers and Onara modal change width ONCE instead of every frame: before the slide
-    // when opening, after it when closing. The strip the sidebar travels through is therefore always
-    // empty background, so no thumbnails reflow behind it; the single reflow is masked with an opacity fade.
-    const DURATION = 320;
-    const EASING = 'cubic-bezier(0.32, 0.72, 0, 1)';
+    // Smoothness: the sidebar, #bg canvas, drag pill, right-anchored bars, the Onara modal and the item
+    // view's grid all move together, frame by frame, with one slow curtain-like easing (same feel as the
+    // legacy comment slide). Only the thumbnail-grid wrappers (index pages) still change width ONCE
+    // (before the slide when opening, after it when closing): their thumbnails would re-wrap into
+    // different rows mid-slide, so that single reflow is masked with an opacity fade instead.
+    const DURATION = 600;
+    const EASING = 'cubic-bezier(0.45, 0, 0.2, 1)';
+    const glide = DURATION + 'ms ' + EASING;
     const wrappers = getSidebarWrappers();
     const onaraModal = document.getElementById('onara-modal');
     const bgCanvas = document.getElementById('bg');
+    const isEdgeWrapper = w => w.classList.contains('pagination-container-fluid') || w.classList.contains('admin-bar') || w.classList.contains('messages-convo-page');
 
+    // Elements positioned by `right`: glide to the new edge together with the sidebar (both directions)
+    const moveEdges = (open) => {
+      if (!animateWrappers) return;
+      const val = open ? sidebarWidth + 'px' : '0px';
+      const targets = wrappers ? Array.from(wrappers).filter(isEdgeWrapper) : [];
+      if (onaraModal) targets.push(onaraModal);
+      targets.forEach(el => {
+        // Pin the current value first so the transition has a defined start
+        el.style.setProperty('transition', 'none', 'important');
+        el.style.setProperty('right', getComputedStyle(el).right, 'important');
+        void el.offsetWidth;
+        el.style.setProperty('transition', 'right ' + glide, 'important');
+        el.style.setProperty('right', val, 'important');
+      });
+    };
+
+    // Padding-based wrappers (thumbnail grids): one-time reflow, softened
     const applyLayout = (open) => {
       // Let overlays that mirror the content area (page modal) resize at exactly the same moment
       window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('f0ck:sidebar-right-layout', { detail: { open, width: sidebarWidth, overlay: !animateWrappers } }));
       if (!animateWrappers) return;
       wrappers.forEach(w => {
-        const isRightEdge = w.classList.contains('pagination-container-fluid') || w.classList.contains('admin-bar');
-        const isMessages = w.classList.contains('messages-convo-page');
-        const prop = (isRightEdge || isMessages) ? 'right' : 'padding-right';
+        if (isEdgeWrapper(w)) return;
         w.style.setProperty('transition', 'none', 'important');
-        w.style.setProperty(prop, open ? sidebarWidth + 'px' : '0px', 'important');
-      });
-      if (onaraModal) {
-        onaraModal.style.setProperty('transition', 'none', 'important');
-        onaraModal.style.setProperty('right', open ? sidebarWidth + 'px' : '0px', 'important');
-      }
-      // #bg canvas is handled separately below — it transitions smoothly alongside the sidebar
-      // Soften the one-time reflow
-      wrappers.forEach(w => {
-        if (w.classList.contains('pagination-container-fluid') || w.classList.contains('admin-bar')) return;
+        w.style.setProperty('padding-right', open ? sidebarWidth + 'px' : '0px', 'important');
         if (typeof w.animate === 'function') w.animate([{ opacity: 0.55 }, { opacity: 1 }], { duration: 220, easing: 'ease-out' });
       });
-      if (typeof window.redrawBgCanvas === 'function') requestAnimationFrame(() => window.redrawBgCanvas());
     };
 
-    // Opening: make room first, then slide in over empty space
+    // Item view: animate the grid's sidebar track so media and comments glide with the sidebar instead
+    // of jumping when the class flips at the end. The target comes from the current track sizes
+    // (last track = sidebar column, the one before it = flexible content column) rather than from
+    // flipping the class early, which would kick off unrelated CSS transitions.
+    let gridAnim = null;
+    const itemLayout = animateWrappers && !document.body.classList.contains('onara-modal-open')
+      ? document.querySelector('.item-layout-container') : null;
+    if (itemLayout && typeof itemLayout.animate === 'function') {
+      const from = getComputedStyle(itemLayout).gridTemplateColumns;
+      const tracks = from && from !== 'none' ? from.trim().split(/\s+/) : [];
+      const px = tracks.map(t => (/^-?[\d.]+px$/.test(t) ? parseFloat(t) : NaN));
+      if (tracks.length >= 2 && px.every(n => !isNaN(n))) {
+        const last = px.length - 1;
+        const newLast = isHidden ? sidebarWidth : 0;
+        if (Math.abs(px[last] - newLast) > 0.5) {
+          const to = px.slice();
+          to[last - 1] = Math.max(0, px[last - 1] + (px[last] - newLast));
+          to[last] = newLast;
+          itemLayout.style.setProperty('transition', 'none', 'important');
+          gridAnim = itemLayout.animate(
+            [{ gridTemplateColumns: px.map(n => n + 'px').join(' ') }, { gridTemplateColumns: to.map(n => n + 'px').join(' ') }],
+            { duration: DURATION, easing: EASING, fill: 'forwards' }
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    moveEdges(isHidden);
+    // Opening: make room in thumbnail grids first, then slide in over empty space
     if (isHidden) applyLayout(true);
 
     // The drag-zone pill follows the sidebar edge (small fixed element: cheap to animate)
@@ -17477,22 +17546,17 @@ window.cancelAnimFrame = (function () {
       edgeZone.style.pointerEvents = 'all';
     }
 
-    // Commit the starting width for #bg so the transition has a defined origin
-    if (bgCanvas && animateWrappers) {
-      const bgStartWidth = isHidden ? '100vw' : `calc(100vw - ${sidebarWidth}px)`;
-      bgCanvas.style.setProperty('width', bgStartWidth, 'important');
-    }
-
     sidebar.style.willChange = 'transform';
     void sidebar.offsetWidth; // commit the start state before transitions begin
     sidebar.style.setProperty('transition', `transform ${DURATION}ms ${EASING}`, 'important');
     sidebar.style.transform = `translateX(${targetTranslate}px)`;
 
-    // #bg canvas width transitions in sync with the sidebar slide (position:fixed, no layout cost)
+    // #bg canvas: same size in both states, it only shifts to stay centred under the content. Moving it
+    // (transform, GPU) instead of resizing it means no stretched frame mid-slide and no redraw at the end.
     if (bgCanvas && animateWrappers) {
-      const bgTargetWidth = isHidden ? `calc(100vw - ${sidebarWidth}px)` : '100vw';
-      bgCanvas.style.setProperty('transition', `width ${DURATION}ms ${EASING}`, 'important');
-      bgCanvas.style.setProperty('width', bgTargetWidth, 'important');
+      const bgShift = isHidden ? -sidebarWidth / 2 : 0;
+      bgCanvas.style.setProperty('transition', `transform ${DURATION}ms ${EASING}`, 'important');
+      bgCanvas.style.setProperty('transform', `translate3d(${bgShift}px, 0, 0) scale(var(--bg-canvas-zoom, 1.38))`, 'important');
     }
 
     let settled = false;
@@ -17522,16 +17586,16 @@ window.cancelAnimFrame = (function () {
         }
         if (bgCanvas) {
           bgCanvas.style.removeProperty('transition');
-          bgCanvas.style.removeProperty('width');
+          bgCanvas.style.removeProperty('transform');
         }
         wrappers.forEach(w => {
           w.style.removeProperty('transition');
           w.style.removeProperty('padding-right');
           w.style.removeProperty('right');
         });
-        if (typeof window.redrawBgCanvas === 'function') {
-          window.redrawBgCanvas();
-        }
+        // The class now yields the columns the animation ended on: hand back to the stylesheet
+        if (gridAnim) gridAnim.cancel();
+        if (itemLayout) itemLayout.style.removeProperty('transition');
       });
     };
 
@@ -22685,6 +22749,12 @@ document.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
 // Trackpad sideways swipes (deltaX dominant) are left to the browser.
 (() => {
   const WHEEL_X_SEL = '.f0ck-tuner-subtabs-nav, .f0ck-tuner-mode-bar, #settings-quicknav';
+  const WHEEL_X_SPEED = 0.45; // fraction of the wheel delta applied per notch
+  const WHEEL_X_EASE = 0.12;  // share of the remaining distance covered per frame
+  const stopGlide = (bar) => {
+    if (bar._wheelRaf) cancelAnimationFrame(bar._wheelRaf);
+    bar._wheelRaf = null;
+  };
   document.addEventListener('wheel', (e) => {
     if (e.ctrlKey || e.defaultPrevented) return; // ctrl+wheel = zoom
     if (Math.abs(e.deltaY) <= Math.abs(e.deltaX)) return;
@@ -22695,7 +22765,9 @@ document.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
     const dir = Math.sign(e.deltaY);
     // The wheel stays with the bar while the pointer is on it (no page scroll)
     e.preventDefault();
-    if ((dir < 0 && bar.scrollLeft <= 0) || (dir > 0 && bar.scrollLeft >= max - 1)) {
+    // While a glide is running, measure against where it is heading, not where it currently is
+    const pos = bar._wheelRaf ? bar._wheelTarget : bar.scrollLeft;
+    if ((dir < 0 && pos <= 0) || (dir > 0 && pos >= max - 1)) {
       // At the end: short rubber-band stretch past the edge, then ease back. A running stretch is not
       // restarted, so a continuous wheel spin reads as one bounce instead of a jitter.
       const items = Array.from(bar.children).filter(el => typeof el.animate === 'function' && el.offsetParent !== null);
@@ -22722,7 +22794,30 @@ document.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
     }
     // deltaMode 1 = lines (Firefox mouse wheels), 2 = pages
     const amount = Math.abs(e.deltaMode === 1 ? e.deltaY * 16 : e.deltaMode === 2 ? e.deltaY * bar.clientWidth : e.deltaY);
-    bar.scrollLeft = Math.max(0, Math.min(max, bar.scrollLeft + dir * amount));
+    // Slower than a raw wheel step, and eased: each notch moves the target, the bar glides after it
+    bar._wheelTarget = Math.max(0, Math.min(max, pos + dir * amount * WHEEL_X_SPEED));
+    if (window.matchMedia && window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches) {
+      bar.scrollLeft = bar._wheelTarget;
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!bar._wheelRaf) {
+      if (!bar._wheelCancelBound) {
+        // Grabbing the bar (touch/pen/mouse) hands control back to the user
+        bar.addEventListener('pointerdown', () => stopGlide(bar), { passive: true });
+        bar._wheelCancelBound = true;
+      }
+      const step = () => {
+        const diff = bar._wheelTarget - bar.scrollLeft;
+        if (Math.abs(diff) < 0.5) {
+          bar.scrollLeft = bar._wheelTarget;
+          bar._wheelRaf = null;
+          return;
+        }
+        bar.scrollLeft += diff * WHEEL_X_EASE;
+        bar._wheelRaf = requestAnimationFrame(step);
+      };
+      bar._wheelRaf = requestAnimationFrame(step);
+    }
   }, { passive: false });
 })();
 
diff --git a/views/item-partial-legacy.html b/views/item-partial-legacy.html
index 49acc03..78dcac9 100644
--- a/views/item-partial-legacy.html
+++ b/views/item-partial-legacy.html
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
                                     @endif
                                     <i class="iconset fa-solid fa-circle-info" id="a_info" data-item-id="{{ item.id }}" title="{{ t('info_modal.button_title') || 'Post & File Info' }}"></i>
                                     @if(enable_comments)
-                                    <i class="iconset {{ isSubscribed ? 'fa-solid' : 'fa-regular' }} fa-bell" id="subscribe-btn" data-item-id="{{ item.id }}" title="{{ isSubscribed ? 'Subscribed' : 'Subscribe' }}"></i>
+                                    <i class="iconset {{ isSubscribed ? 'fa-solid active' : 'fa-regular' }} fa-bell" id="subscribe-btn" data-item-id="{{ item.id }}" title="{{ isSubscribed ? 'Subscribed' : 'Subscribe' }}"></i>
                                     @endif
                                     <i class="iconset fa-solid fa-triangle-exclamation report-item-btn" data-item-id="{{ item.id }}" title="Report this post"></i>
                                     @if(halls_enabled)
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
                     @endif
                     <i class="iconset fa-solid fa-circle-info" id="a_info" data-item-id="{{ item.id }}" title="{{ t('info_modal.button_title') || 'Post & File Info' }}"></i>
                     @if(enable_comments)
-                    <i class="iconset {{ isSubscribed ? 'fa-solid' : 'fa-regular' }} fa-bell" id="subscribe-btn" data-item-id="{{ item.id }}" title="{{ isSubscribed ? 'Subscribed' : 'Subscribe' }}"></i>
+                    <i class="iconset {{ isSubscribed ? 'fa-solid active' : 'fa-regular' }} fa-bell" id="subscribe-btn" data-item-id="{{ item.id }}" title="{{ isSubscribed ? 'Subscribed' : 'Subscribe' }}"></i>
                     @endif
                     <i class="iconset fa-solid fa-triangle-exclamation report-item-btn" data-item-id="{{ item.id }}" title="Report this post"></i>
                     @if(halls_enabled)
diff --git a/views/item-partial-modern.html b/views/item-partial-modern.html
index c381e53..e8aa888 100644
--- a/views/item-partial-modern.html
+++ b/views/item-partial-modern.html
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
                 @if(session)
                 <i class="iconset fa-solid fa-circle-info" id="a_info" data-item-id="{{ item.id }}" title="{{ t('info_modal.button_title') || 'Post & File Info' }}"></i>
                 @if(enable_comments)
-                <i class="iconset {{ isSubscribed ? 'fa-solid' : 'fa-regular' }} fa-bell" id="subscribe-btn" data-item-id="{{ item.id }}" title="{{ isSubscribed ? 'Subscribed' : 'Subscribe' }}"></i>
+                <i class="iconset {{ isSubscribed ? 'fa-solid active' : 'fa-regular' }} fa-bell" id="subscribe-btn" data-item-id="{{ item.id }}" title="{{ isSubscribed ? 'Subscribed' : 'Subscribe' }}"></i>
                 @endif
                 <i class="iconset fa-solid fa-triangle-exclamation report-item-btn" data-item-id="{{ item.id }}" title="Report this post"></i>
                 @if(can_manage_item)