Scrolling seems to be buggy

Im trying to figure out what the deal is with not being able to scroll using the mouse at
http://www.teamluke.net/citylights/my-profile.php

I’m pretty sure it’s got something to do with the “Smooth Scroll” javascript.
With js disabled it scrolls OK.
Sorry, not a js expert, but I know one reliable fix: ditch the script.

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That’s what I thought at first too.

I’m not sure, but I think it might be because the parallax script isn’t throttling the scroll event

Since scroll events can fire at a high rate, the event handler shouldn’t execute computationally expensive operations such as DOM modifications. Instead, it is recommended to throttle the event using requestAnimationFrame, setTimeout or customEvent, as follows:

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It would certainly point to the JS, if I disable JS the page works just fine. That begs the question why do you need to have “smooth scrolling” when browser already do that?

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