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HTML

<!-- Research: How to restrict user input beyond maxlength in IE9 (in a good way)? -->
<textarea maxlength="25"></textarea>

CSS

textarea {
    width: 100%;
    height: 200px;
}

JavaScript

$("textarea").on("keypress", function () {
    return this.value.length-1 < parseInt($(this).attr("maxlength"));
});
$("textarea").on("keyup", function () {
    console.log( this.value.length);
    return this.value.length-1 < parseInt($(this).attr("maxlength"));
});