It does what it says and is not in my way when I don't want it. The addon is completely hidden until you right click.

Exactly what I was looking for.

Very useful add-on. Would be even better if you implement a separate counting of actual characters and spaces between words. Example:

Total words: 467
Total characters and spaces: 1395
Total characters: 1312
Total spaces: 83

Just in time for NaNoWriMo.

Super handy add-on! I used to copy/paste text into a different tool to see the character count, but now I can do it right in my browser. Thanks Trishul!