I am going to be really short on this, as I am sure the image below speaks volumes. Apple, come on, you are smarter than this. This borders on a cruel inside joke, but we all know that is not the case.

And yeah, it does matter, cause it overflows into other areas as well, this is just one example. Ever try to make a .webloc of a site that some moron made the title tags have a string value that was insanely long? Menu’s just have no business being wider than a 23″ display, period, or in this case, period period period, as in … (hint hint)