customTwitterSearch

    $t.customTwitterSearch = $t.createClass(null, {

        init : function(requestOptions) {
            this.__requestOptions = $.extend({}, requestOptions);
        },

        process : function(settings) {
            this.settings = settings;

            if (this.__requestOptions.echo) {
                settings.success(this.__requestOptions.echo);
            } else {
                $.ajax({
                    url: "http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=help",
                    context: this,
                    dataType: "jsonp"
                }).done(this.onAjaxDone).error(this.onAjaxError);
                showSpinner();
            }
        },

        onAjaxDone: function(data) {
            //You can filter "data" here
            this.settings.success(data);
            this.settings.complete('success');
            hideSpinner();
        },

        onAjaxError: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
            this.settings.error(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown);
            this.settings.complete('error');
            hideSpinner();
        }

    });