diff --git a/harnesses/gtauri/frontend/dist/index.html b/harnesses/gtauri/frontend/dist/index.html
index d114f1f..5758208 100644
--- a/harnesses/gtauri/frontend/dist/index.html
+++ b/harnesses/gtauri/frontend/dist/index.html
@@ -381,6 +381,8 @@ function vApply() {
 
 let viewerId = null, vFullTimer = null, vFullDone = false, vFullSeq = 0;
 
+let slideFrom = null; // pending slide start offset for a swiped-in image
+
 function fitViewer(w, h) {
   base.w = w; base.h = h;
   vScale = Math.min(innerWidth / w, innerHeight / h);
@@ -388,6 +390,15 @@ function fitViewer(w, h) {
   vimg.style.height = h + "px";
   vimg.style.visibility = "visible";
   vload.textContent = "";
+  if (slideFrom != null) {
+    // Incoming swiped image: start where the page strip puts it and
+    // slide home. The tween owns the transform from here on.
+    vTx = slideFrom; vTy = 0;
+    slideFrom = null;
+    tweenTo(0, 0, 150);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (tween) return; // settle/slide owns the transform right now
   vApply();
 }
 
@@ -408,8 +419,9 @@ function tryShow(id, url, isFull) {
   im.src = url;
 }
 
-function openViewer(id) {
+function openViewer(id, fromX) {
   viewerId = id;
+  slideFrom = (fromX == null) ? null : fromX;
   vFullDone = false;
   vScale = 1; vTx = 0; vTy = 0;
   vload.textContent = "loading…";
@@ -446,30 +458,111 @@ function closeViewer() {
   vimg.src = "";
 }
 document.getElementById("vclose").addEventListener("click", closeViewer);
-addEventListener("keydown", (e) => { if (e.key === "Escape") closeViewer(); });
+addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
+  if (e.key === "Escape") closeViewer();
+  else if (viewer.classList.contains("open")) {
+    if (e.key === "ArrowRight") navigate(+1);
+    else if (e.key === "ArrowLeft") navigate(-1);
+  }
+});
 
 /* pointer-based pan + pinch (touch-action:none keeps the browser from
-   stealing the gesture) */
+   stealing the gesture). At FIT scale a horizontal drag is a SWIPE:
+   it navigates to the neighbor in the list and slides the incoming
+   image in from the drag direction. When zoomed, drags pan. */
 const pts = new Map();
 let pinchMid = { x: 0, y: 0 }, pinchDist = 0;
+let gesture = null; // {mode, x0, y0, sx, t, vx} for a 1-pointer gesture
+let tween = null;   // in-flight slide/settle animation {raf}
+
+/// Below fitScale()*1.02 the user is "at fit" (swipes navigate).
+function atFit() {
+  return vScale <= fitScale() * 1.02;
+}
+
+/// Raw transform write (no clamping) — used by the tween and swipes.
+function applyTransform() {
+  vimg.style.transform =
+    "translate(" + (vTx - base.w * vScale / 2) + "px," + (vTy - base.h * vScale / 2) + "px) scale(" + vScale + ")";
+}
+
+/// Ease-out tween of the view transform to (tx, ty) over `ms`.
+function tweenTo(tx, ty, ms) {
+  if (tween) cancelAnimationFrame(tween.raf);
+  const x0 = vTx, y0 = vTy, t0 = performance.now();
+  const step = (now) => {
+    const t = Math.min(1, (now - t0) / ms);
+    const e = 1 - Math.pow(1 - t, 3);
+    vTx = x0 + (tx - x0) * e;
+    vTy = y0 + (ty - y0) * e;
+    applyTransform();
+    if (t < 1) tween.raf = requestAnimationFrame(step);
+    else { tween = null; vTx = tx; vTy = ty; }
+  };
+  tween = { raf: requestAnimationFrame(step) };
+}
+
+/// Go to the neighbor `delta` steps down the list (+1 = swipe left).
+/// The incoming image starts on the page strip where the drag left
+/// off and slides home.
+function navigate(delta) {
+  const i = ids.indexOf(viewerId);
+  const ni = i + delta;
+  if (i < 0 || ni < 0 || ni >= ids.length) return;
+  const from = vTx + delta * innerWidth;
+  openViewer(ids[ni], from);
+}
+
 viewer.addEventListener("pointerdown", (e) => {
   viewer.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+  if (tween) { cancelAnimationFrame(tween.raf); tween = null; }
   pts.set(e.pointerId, { x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY });
   if (pts.size === 2) {
+    gesture = null;
     const [a, b] = [...pts.values()];
     pinchMid = { x: (a.x + b.x) / 2, y: (a.y + b.y) / 2 };
     pinchDist = Math.hypot(a.x - b.x, a.y - b.y);
+  } else {
+    const now = performance.now();
+    gesture = { mode: "free", x0: e.clientX, y0: e.clientY,
+                sx: e.clientX, sy: e.clientY, t: now, vx: 0 };
   }
 });
 viewer.addEventListener("pointermove", (e) => {
   const p = pts.get(e.pointerId);
   if (!p) return;
-  if (pts.size === 1) {
+  if (pts.size === 1 && gesture) {
+    if (atFit()) {
+      // At fit: horizontal drag = swipe navigation, vertical = inert.
+      const dx = e.clientX - gesture.x0;
+      const dy = e.clientY - gesture.y0;
+      if (gesture.mode === "free") {
+        if (Math.abs(dx) < 10 && Math.abs(dy) < 10) return;
+        gesture.mode = Math.abs(dx) >= Math.abs(dy) * 1.15 ? "swipe" : "vblank";
+      }
+      if (gesture.mode === "swipe") {
+        // Velocity over the last ~30 ms (px/ms) for flick detection.
+        const now = performance.now();
+        if (now - gesture.t > 30) {
+          gesture.vx = (e.clientX - gesture.sx) / (now - gesture.t);
+          gesture.t = now; gesture.sx = e.clientX;
+        }
+        // 1:1 follow, rubber-banded once the page edge is passed.
+        const w = innerWidth;
+        vTx = Math.abs(dx) > w ? Math.sign(dx) * (w + (Math.abs(dx) - w) * 0.4) : dx;
+        vTy = 0;
+        applyTransform();
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+    // Zoomed: free pan (incremental, as before).
     vTx += e.clientX - p.x;
     vTy += e.clientY - p.y;
     p.x = e.clientX; p.y = e.clientY;
     vApply();
-  } else if (pts.size === 2) {
+    return;
+  }
+  if (pts.size === 2) {
     p.x = e.clientX; p.y = e.clientY;
     const [a, b] = [...pts.values()];
     const m = { x: (a.x + b.x) / 2, y: (a.y + b.y) / 2 };
@@ -490,7 +583,18 @@ viewer.addEventListener("pointermove", (e) => {
     vApply();
   }
 });
-const endPt = (e) => { pts.delete(e.pointerId); };
+const endPt = (e) => {
+  const g = gesture;
+  pts.delete(e.pointerId);
+  if (pts.size === 0 && g && g.mode === "swipe") {
+    const dx = e.clientX - g.x0;
+    const w = innerWidth;
+    if (dx < -w * 0.25 || g.vx < -0.35) navigate(+1);
+    else if (dx > w * 0.25 || g.vx > 0.35) navigate(-1);
+    else tweenTo(0, 0, 120); // not far enough: snap back
+  }
+  gesture = null;
+};
 viewer.addEventListener("pointerup", endPt);
 viewer.addEventListener("pointercancel", endPt);
 viewer.addEventListener("dblclick", () => {