When I wish to share a link to a post in a comment this is my workflow:
- write
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- search for the question
- remember the title of the question
- click on the share box
- copy the link
- paste into parentheses
- write the title in the square brackets
- realize the title is probably wrong
- back to the question copy the title
- paste into square brackets
- write the rest of the comment etc.
Maybe there's something obvious I've missed for 3 years, but especially on a mobile device or the mobile app this is very tedious.
Through debate on a question on meta.stackoverflow (and having seen the referenced meta.programmers FAQ) a "new" standard is appearing of adding a markdown copy-past snippet to FAQ questions
This makes it easy to quickly refer users to a question/answer in comments (and chat).
Should a markdown link be part of the platform, e.g. added to the share box directly?
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(2) open search in a new tab. (3) find question (4) copy link and paste back in first tab (5) go back to 2nd tab and copy title and paste. .... now a way to do this in 1 or 2 clicks would be easier, but a lot simpler than what you do