Chat's compose window should warn if text is too long

Question

Currently there is no indication if message limit is reached. Instead on posting get told and offered retry/cancel.

The only viable approach is to copy somewhere else, cancel and compose as multiple messages.

Better to have some indication of space available in the compose window.

Answer 1

We're thinking a small <div> overlay will appear while you're typing and give you a countdown -- but only when you've typed "too much"