I like it. The reason is that sometimes I will see "X is typing...." and it seems to last 5 minutes and I don't know if the app just messed up because they bump

I like it. The reason is that sometimes I will see "X is typing...." and it seems to last 5 minutes and I don't know if the app just messed up because they bumped space by mistake and left to get a coffee or if they are actually slowly composing their thoughts in their version of correct capitalisation and grammar. Breaking it up lets me get to the point quicker than they do, and I'm ready with a reply by the time they're finished (or cut them off when it's appropriate and they're going down the garden path). The dings are annoying but that's a problem with the chat apps. I turn off sound on my work laptop usually anyway. And personally, I got into this habit in online games before voice chat and we all moved this over to ICQ/IRC and the habit stuck. It now feels very inefficient to do it the other way.