# Improved UX for external quotes

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-ux-for-external-quotes/33688
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** markdown-it-review
**Created:** [September 24, 2015, 10:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-ux-for-external-quotes/33688 "2015-09-24T10:32:18Z")
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### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2015, 10:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-ux-for-external-quotes/33688/1 "2015-09-24T10:32:18Z")

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Currently when I’m quoting a post from a different topic, it looks nearly identical to quotes from within the same topic:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/e/de3e0c464fcbe7d43565feb8fc7575e2bcd1995e.png)

I think external quotes should be more similar to the embed you get from a single-line topic link, more like this:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/4/a4cee37696662e378390241d05a77a438c41629c.png)

I simply added an “in” after the post author and then include the topic title.

(slightly confusing example since the top-most quote is technically also an external one, but manually added. That was mere coincidence so please disregard it)

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