It would be helpful to list how many characters you have left in topic titles.

[Never2muchpinkie 211]

I understand that there has to be a limit to topic title length, but there are times I have to keep editing the name of a topic to make it fit within the limit. So this idea comes from the format of Yahoo Answers.It would be a simple but extremely effective boon to the users if there was a little bar underneath the topic titles that tells you how many characters you have left to use so you know exactly where your topic has to end.

[SCS 7,537]

I support your suggestion. It would be also be helpful if this feature were extended to poll questions and answers - I made a poll earlier today, and I was unable to see the poll on the preview post page, so I was only able to verify that none of the questions or answers had exceeded a maximum character limit once I had actually posted the thread.