# Make the view topic email option more visible?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-view-topic-email-option-more-visible/36972
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [December 19, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-view-topic-email-option-more-visible/36972 "2015-12-19T21:35:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![watchmanmonitor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/watchmanmonitor/32/430970_2.png) [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-view-topic-email-option-more-visible/36972/1 "2015-12-19T21:35:50Z")

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Ever since the `%{respond_instructions}` footer got the topic URL wrapped in text, it’s been harder to use.

Just now I ended up trying to unsubscribe from a topic because I found the `Click here` words first.

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/optimized/3X/4/d/4da7d8130dd673a53b4060e78318cd99e4711915_2_690x70.png)

some ideas…

- put all three of those sentences each on their own line?

- have the `visit the topic` be at the end of its sentence?

What are some others?

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-view-topic-email-option-more-visible/36972/2 "2015-12-19T21:37:41Z")

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Generally you put the action you want people to take at the top, first.

@sam objected to the full URL of the topic appearing in the email footer.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-view-topic-email-option-more-visible/36972/3 "2015-12-19T22:07:36Z")

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I am not sure we need the words “in your browser”

“To respond, reply to this email or [visit the topic].”

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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: [December 20, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-view-topic-email-option-more-visible/36972/4 "2015-12-20T19:59:21Z")

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How about dropping the font size of the second paragraph a bit as well?

Quick example (wouldn’t want it quite that small though):

> To respond, reply to this email or **visit the topic**.
> 
> To stop receiving notifications for this particular topic, **click here**. To unsubscribe from these emails, change your **user preferences**.

Making it slightly smaller de-prioritises it without obfuscating it.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2015, 7:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-view-topic-email-option-more-visible/36972/5 "2015-12-21T07:39:53Z")

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I tried that in the footer, but it gets a little “ransom-note” esque with font sizes changing all over the place for no discernable reason. I wonder if using a lighter color for that line would be better, instead?

Anyway, I agree that shortening the text and putting the link at the end can only help so I did check that bit in.