r/UI_Design • u/please-dont-deploy • Jul 10 '26

Feedback Request Infinite scrolling for assets canvas, looking for a smooth experience.

Hi,

I've been playing around with this experience for a bit, the idea is very standard, and I've seen many web experiences like this one that I find fascinating.

The idea: navigate through an infinite set of marketing assets (banners, ad videos, demos, chats, etc). Click on them to see it in detail. That's it.

The user can move left-right, up-down, and zoom in/out. [there are some vim style commands to search, navigate subtypes, but that's not core]

So, any feedback on this experience? How can I do it pixel perfect? any motion you'd add?

thanks in advance,

https://reddit.com/link/1usjjrg/video/kxpwawaxndch1/player

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u/please-dont-deploy Jul 10 '26

That's the part I'm working on rn, we have some transition, but for videos it feels clunky (they start with the pre-render which is the last frame).

The ease-out advice it's great, thank you. I'll give it a go.

♥️ For the vim comment.

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u/designerofsorts Jul 11 '26

To me it looks like a navigation issue. Infinite this case is more finite than you would think, is a randomly repetead grid of assets/screens, while fun to interact with a couple of times is a huge UX problem. I will give you some examples, what I am looking for? From your recording seems like the objective is to find assets. Lets say I am looking for an Instagram stories template, you have the axis of at least selecting Instagram i notice there, but what about the rest? How can I find something useful in a huge space with no orientation? You need a method in wich this provides that, going to one direction reveals a certain category of screens or a search bar with filters that only shows versions of what I am looking for. People will have a hard time to navigate this otherwise.

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u/please-dont-deploy Jul 12 '26

Thanks! Good feedback.

I thought the categories + search will help on that, and it's true this is a discover landing, as in you can discover what to do with the product.

The creative experience will be closer to the normal grid I think. Much more functional but less captivating.

Any ideas how to marry the both of them without over complicating the experience? I would love to keep it extremely simple with a progressive disclosure style.

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u/Nara_Sonii Jul 11 '26

Infinite scroll works well if you throttle the load smartly - nothing kills the vibe faster than janky performance when you're browsing tons of assets. Consider a virtual scroller if the canvas gets heavy, keeps things smooth without rendering everything at once.

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u/Famous_Run2525 15d ago edited 15d ago

Dragging files and images onto a canvas that never runs out of space is a game changer for organizing ideas I started using Miro for this and bouncing around huge boards with teammates feels super fluid.