How can you display Typing Speed using Javascript or the jQuery library?

Question

I would like to add a typing speed indicator just below the textarea we use on our contact form. It is just for fun and to give the user some interactivity with the page while t

Answer 1

a horribly simple, untested implementation:

var lastrun = new Date();
textarea.onkeyup = function() {
    var words = textarea.value.split(' ');
    var minutes_since_last_check = somefunctiontogetminutesdifference(new Date(), lastrun);
    var wpm = (words.length-1)/minutes_since_last_check;
    //show the wpm in a div or something
};