# Rationale Behind Latest As Default Homepage View

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/rationale-behind-latest-as-default-homepage-view/36178>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [2015年十一月30日 23:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rationale-behind-latest-as-default-homepage-view/36178 "2015-11-30T23:40:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![JSey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jsey/32/3540_2.png) [@JSey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JSey)\
**Post date:** [2015年十二月1日 09:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rationale-behind-latest-as-default-homepage-view/36178/5 "2015-12-01T09:06:09Z")

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> [@Mittineague](#):
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> I think a forums “list of categories” page is good for an overview of “what kind of things do they talk about here?”

Exactly - this has been [discussed before](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-for-non-logged-in-users/33500/2), imgur are using the approach I like the best: if you enter the site by its canonical domain name (forum.domain.tld or www.domain.tld), the new user gets the category list and can get a grip what is happening there. Users of the site will click the logo to return from browsing stuff, and should get redirected to /latest instead of /categories. They can also add /latest to their browsers’ bookmarks.

And that’s why I created this tiny plugin: [Redirect / for non-logged in users? - #10 by JSey](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-for-non-logged-in-users/33500/10) - with that, you can configure where a logo click takes your site visitors.

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