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HTML
<textarea placeholder="Reply box 2..." columns="10" rows="1" name="comment-input"></textarea>
<input type="submit" id="submit" value="Send" disabled>
JavaScript
$('textarea[name=comment-input]').keyup(function(e){
$(this).parent().find("#submit").attr("disabled", true);
val = $(this).val().trim();
if(val.length > 0){
$(this).parent().find("#submit").attr("disabled", false);
}
});