Open eBooks is a web and native application that provides free books to low income school-aged children. The vision for the product is to make it easy to fall in love with reading.
My team and I worked throughout the winter and spring of 2022 to give the entire web app a face lift. With new designs in hand, we implemented a huge refactor to implement components using ChakraUI. In addition to the redesign, we fixed longstanding bugs, improved performance, and made the entire user experience more delightful.
I added styles and content for the static marketing pages (/about, /faq, /privacy, etc.) using MDX, which means these pages are written in markdown, making it easier to update content in the future.
I added polish and style to the homepage with the implementation of a pseudo “parallax header” using a CSS-only solution to accomplish the task of making the scroll smooth in all browsers.
Built with Nextjs, React, TypeScript, ChakraUI, and our own custom web reader.
