I've always used ctrl-e and ctrl-y with `:set scrolloff=2` to make it a bit quicker. It was one of the first things I learned as I found ctrl-d and ctrl-u incredibly jarring and thought there must be another option.

Like TFA I only use ctrl-u and ctrl-d since it's faster than moving one line at time and not as disorienting (in my experience) as moving one full page at a time.

It's also easy to learn since it's [u]p/[d]own.

Don't forget the handy "z commands":

  z<CR>      redraw, cursor line to top of window, cursor on first non-blank
  z-         redraw, cursor line at bottom of window, cursor on first non-blank
  z.         redraw, cursor line to center of window, cursor on first non-blank

(source: :help z)

There's also H (move to the line at the top of the current screenful), L (move to the bottom line in the current screenful), and M (move to the middle line in the current screenful).

nH is also good if you want to go to line n from the top. Works in reverse with nL too :)

Thanks, didn't know about these.