// NOTE: you must have jquery imported so that ajax will work here...

function success() {
    alert("success");
}

function stickytwit() {
    var inputE = document.getElementById('stickytwit_box_id');
    var outputE = document.getElementById('twitter_widget_output_id');
    var url = "http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/"+inputE.value+".json";
    var myAjax = new $j.post(url, {method:'post', onSuccess:success});
    alert("howdy, we aren't searching yet~!" + inputE.value);

}