Recently we implemented a few tweaks to our homepage based on some user testing and feedback from new Community visitors. Essentially we moved from Latest to the Categories view.
So far from what we can tell, new users are find it a bit easier to navigate and find the content theyâre looking for. HoweverâŠ
Return users, such as our power users and Experts, keep needing to click âLatestâ as thatâs the view that works better for them. Their feedback is that itâs easier to see which topics are getting activity, compared to those that arenât, by looking at the âLatestâ view.
I think I once saw a way in these forums to show Latest to members/return visitors, and Categories to new visitors⊠but I canât for the life of me find that topic.
Also I tracked down a comment showing that Imgur set something like this up, just canât figure out how they did it. Iâm fine if itâs a customization for now.
I donât think thereâs going to be a simple way to accomplish this without changes to core. Iâll be interested to hear the rest of the teamâs thoughts on this when they return from the yearly retreat. This has come up beforeâŠ
Allowing users to pick homescreen is definitely something we want to add. Now we have a very clear UX section for it in profile.
Once that is added you could add an option for user default and it could differ from forum default. Adding this to next release cause it is quite easy.
