> It takes you to the last board you are on,

I'd suggest an ambiguous icon that directs to a different place each time isn't a good UX choice. I would never have guessed that was its purpose or behaviour, from looking at it or clicking on it a few times. The 'back arrow' icon is normally used for this purpose. A castle looks like a 'home', I'd expect it to go to a home page.

> as simply visiting the website by typing "shrewdm.com" into the address bar.

There is no website anywhere in the world where clicking the top bar and typing urls there would be considered a 'simple' way of navigating the site.

Indeed several mainstream browsers nowadays hide the address bar while browsing.

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A 'home' icon & text on the top left is a must-have for navigation and has been adopted almost universally by every site on the internet.

It is strange and baffling not to follow the convention that ten million other pages use.

Technically a 'home' button exists in the phrase 'all boards' but it is hidden among other options.

But 'home' is a central, prominent, obvious button, always on the top-left.

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For example, I'll just pick a random page on Yahoo.

sg.finance.yahoo.com - Tips to tame the bear market in

The top-left is the place normally used by most sites to put a 'home' button with the site logo.

Clicking the "Yahoo" name takes you to the home page.

There is an *additional* 'HOME' text next to that too. That's how important this navigation function is.

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OK, I'll choose another site at random. WSJ.

The Wall Street Journal

Clicking the banner "The wall street journal" is a home link.

Additionally, the top left link is the word "HOME" which is also a home link.

Pick a few dozen sites, you will see that this is the pattern that has been adopted globally.

2 of: "Top left icon" or "SITE NAME" or "home" -> takes you to the top level page.

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Another

The Motley Fool: Stock Market News & Investing Research

Clicking THE TOP LEFT , the fool icon / "The Motley Fool" text, takes you to the top level home page.

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There are literally tens of thousands of examples of major sites that use this standard, and I'm struggling to think of any counter examples.

lux