jquery-textcounter
Counts typed characters in a textarea and shows how many characters are left until the maximum allowed characters are reached.
###How to use:
<script>
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
$('#comment').countChars({counterElement : "#textareacount b"});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="test">
<textarea maxlength="255" placeholder="" id="comment"></textarea>
<span id="textareacount">left: <b>255</b></span>
</form>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.textcounter.min.js"></script>
</body>