Propose to allow to set a preference for a forum's front page on per-user level

[dmitry_fedyuk (Dmitrii Fediuk)]

As I understand, some users (especially who are novices or rare visitors) will prefer to see the Categories page by default.
Other users (especially who are frequent visitors) will prefer to see the Latest page by default.
Some users will prefer to see a particular category page by default.
I think it it important to have such option on per-user level because the Latest page is sometimes incomprehensible and strange for new visitors as they are out of context yet and they definitely will prefer to see the total forum structure at a glance.
On the other side, the Categories page is inconvenient for the most of the frequent visitors.

[Tom_Newsom]

User-selectable Home screen

We have our Home screen set to Categories, so that newbies and occasional visitors are aware of the structure and content on offer (it’s important for drawing in new members to our organisation). However, “core” users are already used to how things are laid out and would rather see the Latest stream. The interface would be a simple dropdown in User Preferences, containing the items from the Top Menu (as set in admin). This could further be controlled by an “Allow users to set home screen” tick…

User-selectable default home view preference

It would be a nice option to have a modifiable home view (say, in Preferences). Thus, a user could select “Latest” as the default home view and another user could have “Categories”.

I’m still very much interested in this. I have it set to Categories to benefit new users, but I wish I could have it set to Latest for myself.