Long Form Conversation Web App Concept

The email conversation we’re having is made up of smaller sub-conversations, or topics, which (for the most part) are separated into individual paragraphs.  Each one of these boxes corresponds to a topic within the overall conversation.  Laying it out this way would eliminate having to think about how the final email is organized, allow parts of the conversation to be responded to right away or held onto for later, and offer the benefits of both email and chat messaging.

A new box would appear when the other person submits a response.  A box would disappear and be sent to the history tab whenever the “I have no response” or “submit” buttons are pressed.  A button on the left and right of these boxes could be added to scroll through the history of the conversation.

This app could still be used by all, only some, or none of the participants by having responses combined into one email before being sent, and having response emails parsed into the app (maybe with the help of hashtags to give each topic a title).