So I'm trying to subscribe to a group over at Yahoo! Groups, and there's a section where you can enter a message to the list owner that's up to 200 characters long. This is quite a useful feature, as spammers will almost never take the time to write a topical message. However, the text field isn't limited to 200 characters via a maxlength attribute in the HTML, nor is there some Javascript that provides a character count as you type. The only way to find out the number of characters is to either use an external text editor that can count characters, or submit the form and be told that you've exceeded 200 characters—please try again. (And, no, the error message doesn't even show you where the 200 character cut-off is in your text.)
What a PITA!
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