diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/controller/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionDetailController.php b/src/applications/transactions/controller/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionDetailController.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/controller/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionDetailController.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/controller/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionDetailController.php
@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@
 final class PhabricatorApplicationTransactionDetailController
   extends PhabricatorApplicationTransactionController {
 
+  private $objectHandle;
+
   public function shouldAllowPublic() {
     return true;
   }
 
   public function handleRequest(AphrontRequest $request) {
+    // Users can end up on this page directly by following links in email,
+    // so we try to make it somewhat reasonable as a standalone page.
+
     $viewer = $this->getViewer();
     $phid = $request->getURIData('phid');
 
@@ -20,13 +25,39 @@
     }
 
     $details = $xaction->renderChangeDetails($viewer);
-    $cancel_uri = $this->guessCancelURI($viewer, $xaction);
+
+    $object_phid = $xaction->getObjectPHID();
+    $handles = $viewer->loadHandles(array($object_phid));
+    $handle = $handles[$object_phid];
+    $this->objectHandle = $handle;
+
+    $cancel_uri = $handle->getURI();
+
+    if ($request->isAjax()) {
+      $button_text = pht('Done');
+    } else {
+      $button_text = pht('Continue');
+    }
 
     return $this->newDialog()
       ->setTitle(pht('Change Details'))
       ->setWidth(AphrontDialogView::WIDTH_FORM)
       ->appendChild($details)
-      ->addCancelButton($cancel_uri);
+      ->addCancelButton($cancel_uri, $button_text);
   }
 
+  protected function buildApplicationCrumbs() {
+    $crumbs = parent::buildApplicationCrumbs();
+
+    $handle = $this->objectHandle;
+    if ($handle) {
+      $crumbs->addTextCrumb(
+        $handle->getObjectName(),
+        $handle->getURI());
+    }
+
+    return $crumbs;
+  }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/editor/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor.php b/src/applications/transactions/editor/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/editor/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/editor/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor.php
@@ -2704,7 +2704,9 @@
     $object_href = null) {
 
     $headers = array();
+    $headers_html = array();
     $comments = array();
+    $details = array();
 
     foreach ($xactions as $xaction) {
       if ($xaction->shouldHideForMail($xactions)) {
@@ -2716,16 +2718,25 @@
         $headers[] = $header;
       }
 
+      $header_html = $xaction->getTitleForHTMLMail();
+      if ($header_html !== null) {
+        $headers_html[] = $header_html;
+      }
+
       $comment = $xaction->getBodyForMail();
       if ($comment !== null) {
         $comments[] = $comment;
       }
+
+      if ($xaction->hasChangeDetailsForMail()) {
+        $details[] = $xaction;
+      }
     }
 
     $headers_text = implode("\n", $headers);
     $body->addRawPlaintextSection($headers_text);
 
-    $headers_html = phutil_implode_html(phutil_tag('br'), $headers);
+    $headers_html = phutil_implode_html(phutil_tag('br'), $headers_html);
 
     $header_button = null;
     if ($object_label !== null) {
@@ -2765,7 +2776,13 @@
       array(
         'style' => implode(' ', $xactions_style),
       ),
-      $headers_html);
+      array(
+        $headers_html,
+        // Add an extra newline to prevent the "View Object" button from
+        // running into the transaction text in Mail.app text snippet
+        // previews.
+        "\n",
+      ));
 
     $headers_html = phutil_tag(
       'table',
@@ -2777,6 +2794,14 @@
     foreach ($comments as $comment) {
       $body->addRemarkupSection(null, $comment);
     }
+
+    foreach ($details as $xaction) {
+      $details = $xaction->renderChangeDetailsForMail($body->getViewer());
+      if ($details !== null) {
+        $body->addHTMLSection(pht('EDIT DETAILS'), $details);
+      }
+    }
+
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php
@@ -693,6 +693,33 @@
     return id(clone $this)->setRenderingTarget('text')->getTitle();
   }
 
+  public function getTitleForHTMLMail() {
+    $title = $this->getTitleForMail();
+    if ($title === null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    if ($this->hasChangeDetails()) {
+      $details_uri = $this->getChangeDetailsURI();
+      $details_uri = PhabricatorEnv::getProductionURI($details_uri);
+
+      $show_details = phutil_tag(
+        'a',
+        array(
+          'href' => $details_uri,
+        ),
+        pht('(Show Details)'));
+
+      $title = array($title, ' ', $show_details);
+    }
+
+    return $title;
+  }
+
+  public function getChangeDetailsURI() {
+    return '/transactions/detail/'.$this->getPHID().'/';
+  }
+
   public function getBodyForMail() {
     if ($this->isInlineCommentTransaction()) {
       // We don't return inline comment content as mail body content, because
@@ -1307,6 +1334,18 @@
     return false;
   }
 
+  public function hasChangeDetailsForMail() {
+    return $this->hasChangeDetails();
+  }
+
+  public function renderChangeDetailsForMail(PhabricatorUser $viewer) {
+    $view = $this->renderChangeDetails($viewer);
+    if ($view instanceof PhabricatorApplicationTransactionTextDiffDetailView) {
+      return $view->renderForMail();
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
   public function renderChangeDetails(PhabricatorUser $viewer) {
     switch ($this->getTransactionType()) {
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_CUSTOMFIELD:
@@ -1327,15 +1366,10 @@
     PhabricatorUser $viewer,
     $old,
     $new) {
-
-    require_celerity_resource('differential-changeset-view-css');
-
-    $view = id(new PhabricatorApplicationTransactionTextDiffDetailView())
+    return id(new PhabricatorApplicationTransactionTextDiffDetailView())
       ->setUser($viewer)
       ->setOldText($old)
       ->setNewText($new);
-
-    return $view->render();
   }
 
   public function attachTransactionGroup(array $group) {
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionTextDiffDetailView.php b/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionTextDiffDetailView.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionTextDiffDetailView.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionTextDiffDetailView.php
@@ -16,6 +16,62 @@
     return $this;
   }
 
+  public function renderForMail() {
+    $diff = $this->buildDiff();
+
+    $old_styles = array(
+      'padding: 0 2px;',
+      'color: #802b2b;',
+      'background: rgba(251, 175, 175, .7);',
+    );
+    $old_styles = implode(' ', $old_styles);
+
+    $new_styles = array(
+      'padding: 0 2px;',
+      'color: #3e6d35;',
+      'background: rgba(151, 234, 151, .6);',
+    );
+    $new_styles = implode(' ', $new_styles);
+
+    $result = array();
+    foreach ($diff->getParts() as $part) {
+      $type = $part['type'];
+      $text = $part['text'];
+      switch ($type) {
+        case '-':
+          $result[] = phutil_tag(
+            'span',
+            array(
+              'style' => $old_styles,
+            ),
+            $text);
+          break;
+        case '+':
+          $result[] = phutil_tag(
+            'span',
+            array(
+              'style' => $new_styles,
+            ),
+            $text);
+          break;
+        case '=':
+          $result[] = $text;
+          break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    $styles = array(
+      'white-space: pre-wrap;',
+    );
+
+    return phutil_tag(
+      'div',
+      array(
+        'style' => implode(' ', $styles),
+      ),
+      $result);
+  }
+
   public function render() {
     $diff = $this->buildDiff();
 
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionView.php b/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionView.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionView.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionView.php
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
     return javelin_tag(
       'a',
       array(
-        'href' => '/transactions/detail/'.$xaction->getPHID().'/',
+        'href' => $xaction->getChangeDetailsURI(),
         'sigil' => 'workflow',
       ),
       pht('(Show Details)'));