Thread:Feedback/Social effects of quoting/Gmaxwell (5)

That was my intent but I couldn't figure out a way to form a stable link to the message in-context with the current software. I expect the link to take you to the source in-context without refreshing the page if possible. When a no-reload display is not possible (i.e. quotes from other pages/sites, or from older threads) the link icon should be an external link arrow-box so people will be less surprised by it navigating away.

From a UI perspective I don't know that it will be easy to select only a part but perhaps someone will have some clever idea, but it should be easy for the user to trim it down— and if the size of the quoted text is proportional to the amount of text in the quote that will encourage people to trim without bludgeoning them over the head.