OCFM +

Overcast.fm is my favorite podcast site (the app is good too!) but I thought there were a few usability tweaks that would make the site better. It's very much a mobile first site, and the desktop version is hindered by that. OCFM + was born out of my interest in Chrome extensions and making a better experience for myself.

This project was quick and fairly simple. It began as many of my personal projects, with very simple sketches and was built in-browser. I'm more hands-on when it comes to writing CSS and enjoy working directly in the browser when figuring out the perfect design.

One of the main features of a podcast site is the media player, and that was one of my focuses. The vertical player of the original site (shown first below) works well on a vertical screen, but leaves too much negative space on desktop. The OCFM + version fixes this (shown second below) and uses media queries to rearrange for small screens.