Comment 2 for bug 528262

Sebastien, my original report included character counting *and URL shortening*. I could create one report for each issue, but the main point of the original one was that the field in indicator-me should be an exact emulation of the microblogging backend that powers it. In the case of Gwibber, this includes character counting, URL shortening and, in the future, autocomplete for replies.

If I remember correctly, the Me Menu uses a Gwibber widget library, so this suggestion does not seem too far fetched.