A client of mine had recently requested a character limit on the 'message' portion of their contact page and I had told them it wasn't a good idea because it feels rude to limit a person's message.
Is there a reason you would ever use a character limit on a textarea?
Is there a reason you would ever use a character limit on a textarea?
If you're going to implement it, it would be super beneficial to the user to show them a 'remaining character' count, much like Twitter does.
- Database reasons, avoiding bloat, keeping within real tech limitations
- Security reasons, limitless storage might be exploited