diff --git a/include/api.php b/include/api.php
index 013f4b97ae..8a84ed1de2 100755
--- a/include/api.php
+++ b/include/api.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 	require_once("datetime.php");
 	require_once("conversation.php");
 	require_once("oauth.php");
+	require_once("html2plain.php");
 	/* 
 	 * Twitter-Like API
 	 *  
@@ -306,10 +307,10 @@
 		}
 
 		$ret = Array(
+			'id' => intval($uinfo[0]['cid']),
 			'self' => intval($uinfo[0]['self']),
 			'uid' => intval($uinfo[0]['uid']),
-			'id' => intval($uinfo[0]['cid']),
-			'name' => $uinfo[0]['name'],
+			'name' => (($uinfo[0]['name']) ? $uinfo[0]['name'] : $uinfo[0]['nick']),
 			'screen_name' => (($uinfo[0]['nick']) ? $uinfo[0]['nick'] : $uinfo[0]['name']),
 			'location' => ($usr) ? $usr[0]['default-location'] : '',
 			'profile_image_url' => $uinfo[0]['micro'],
@@ -347,6 +348,8 @@
 	}
 
 	function api_item_get_user(&$a, $item) {
+		global $usercache;
+
 		// The author is our direct contact, in a conversation with us.
 		if(link_compare($item['url'],$item['author-link'])) {
 			return api_get_user($a,$item['cid']);
@@ -362,27 +365,40 @@
 		
 		list($nick, $name) = array_map("trim",explode("(",$item['author-name']));
 		$name=str_replace(")","",$name);
-		
+
+		if ($name == '')
+			$name = $nick;
+
+		if ($nick == '')
+			$nick = $name;
+
+		// Generating a random ID
+		if (!array_key_exists($nick, $usercache))
+			$usercache[$nick] = mt_rand(2000000, 2100000);
+
 		$ret = array(
-			'uid' => 0,
-			'id' => 0,
+			'id' => $usercache[$nick],
 			'name' => $name,
 			'screen_name' => $nick,
 			'location' => '', //$uinfo[0]['default-location'],
+			'description' => '',
 			'profile_image_url' => $item['author-avatar'],
 			'url' => $item['author-link'],
-			'contact_url' => 0,
 			'protected' => false,	#
+			'followers_count' => 0,
 			'friends_count' => 0,
 			'created_at' => '',
+			'favourites_count' => 0,
 			'utc_offset' => 0, #XXX: fix me
 			'time_zone' => '', //$uinfo[0]['timezone'],
-			'geo_enabled' => false,
 			'statuses_count' => 0,
+			'following' => 1,
+			'statusnet_blocking' => false,
+			'notifications' => false,
+			'uid' => 0,
+			'contact_url' => 0,
+			'geo_enabled' => false,
 			'lang' => 'en', #XXX: fix me
-			'description' => '',
-			'followers_count' => 0,
-			'favourites_count' => 0,
 			'contributors_enabled' => false,
 			'follow_request_sent' => false,
 			'profile_background_color' => 'cfe8f6',
@@ -393,7 +409,6 @@
 			'profile_background_image_url' => '',
 			'profile_background_tile' => false,
 			'profile_use_background_image' => false,
-			'notifications' => false,
 			'verified' => true, #XXX: fix me
 			'followers' => '', #XXX: fix me
 			'status' => array()
@@ -591,16 +606,16 @@
 				$in_reply_to_screen_name = $lastwall['reply_author'];
 			}  
 			$status_info = array(
-				'created_at' => api_date($lastwall['created']),
-				'id' => $lastwall['contact-id'],
-				'text' => strip_tags(bbcode($lastwall['body'])),
-				'source' => (($lastwall['app']) ? $lastwall['app'] : 'web'),
+				'text' => html2plain(bbcode($lastwall['body']), 0),
 				'truncated' => false,
+				'created_at' => api_date($lastwall['created']),
 				'in_reply_to_status_id' => $in_reply_to_status_id,
+				'source' => (($lastwall['app']) ? $lastwall['app'] : 'web'),
+				'id' => $lastwall['contact-id'],
 				'in_reply_to_user_id' => $in_reply_to_user_id,
-				'favorited' => false,
 				'in_reply_to_screen_name' => $in_reply_to_screen_name,
 				'geo' => '',
+				'favorited' => false,
 				'coordinates' => $lastwall['coord'],
 				'place' => $lastwall['location'],
 				'contributors' => ''					
@@ -650,7 +665,7 @@
 			$user_info['status'] = array(
 				'created_at' => api_date($lastwall['created']),
 				'id' => $lastwall['contact-id'],
-				'text' => strip_tags(bbcode($lastwall['body'])),
+				'text' => html2plain(bbcode($lastwall['body']), 0),
 				'source' => (($lastwall['app']) ? $lastwall['app'] : 'web'),
 				'truncated' => false,
 				'in_reply_to_status_id' => $in_reply_to_status_id,
@@ -686,10 +701,13 @@
 		$count = (x($_REQUEST,'count')?$_REQUEST['count']:20);
 		$page = (x($_REQUEST,'page')?$_REQUEST['page']-1:0);
 		if ($page<0) $page=0;
-		$since_id = 0;//$since_id = (x($_REQUEST,'since_id')?$_REQUEST['since_id']:0);
+		$since_id = (x($_REQUEST,'since_id')?$_REQUEST['since_id']:0);
+		//$since_id = 0;//$since_id = (x($_REQUEST,'since_id')?$_REQUEST['since_id']:0);
 		
 		$start = $page*$count;
 
+		//$include_entities = (x($_REQUEST,'include_entities')?$_REQUEST['include_entities']:false);
+
 		$r = q("SELECT `item`.*, `item`.`id` AS `item_id`, 
 			`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`photo`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`rel`,
 			`contact`.`network`, `contact`.`thumb`, `contact`.`dfrn-id`, `contact`.`self`,
@@ -722,6 +740,47 @@
 	api_register_func('api/statuses/home_timeline','api_statuses_home_timeline', true);
 	api_register_func('api/statuses/friends_timeline','api_statuses_home_timeline', true);
 
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * http://developer.twitter.com/doc/get/statuses/show
+	 * 
+	 */
+	function api_statuses_show(&$a, $type){
+		if (local_user()===false) return false;
+
+		$user_info = api_get_user($a);
+
+		// params
+		$id = intval($a->argv[3]);
+
+		logger('API: api_statuses_show: '.$id);		
+
+		//$include_entities = (x($_REQUEST,'include_entities')?$_REQUEST['include_entities']:false);
+
+		$r = q("SELECT `item`.*, `item`.`id` AS `item_id`, 
+			`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`photo`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`rel`,
+			`contact`.`network`, `contact`.`thumb`, `contact`.`dfrn-id`, `contact`.`self`,
+			`contact`.`id` AS `cid`, `contact`.`uid` AS `contact-uid`
+			FROM `item`, `contact`
+			WHERE `item`.`visible` = 1 and `item`.`moderated` = 0 AND `item`.`deleted` = 0
+			AND `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id`
+			AND `contact`.`blocked` = 0 AND `contact`.`pending` = 0
+			$sql_extra
+			AND `item`.`id`=%d",
+			intval($id)
+		);
+
+		$ret = api_format_items($r,$user_info);
+		
+		$data = array('$status' => $ret[0]);
+		/*switch($type){
+			case "atom":
+			case "rss":
+				$data = api_rss_extra($a, $data, $user_info);
+		}*/
+		return  api_apply_template("status", $type, $data);
+	}
+	api_register_func('api/statuses/show','api_statuses_show', true);
 
 
 	function api_statuses_user_timeline(&$a, $type){
@@ -740,7 +799,8 @@
 		$count = (x($_REQUEST,'count')?$_REQUEST['count']:20);
 		$page = (x($_REQUEST,'page')?$_REQUEST['page']-1:0);
 		if ($page<0) $page=0;
-		$since_id = 0;//$since_id = (x($_REQUEST,'since_id')?$_REQUEST['since_id']:0);
+		$since_id = (x($_REQUEST,'since_id')?$_REQUEST['since_id']:0);
+		//$since_id = 0;//$since_id = (x($_REQUEST,'since_id')?$_REQUEST['since_id']:0);
 		
 		$start = $page*$count;
 
@@ -846,33 +906,56 @@
 		foreach($r as $item) {
 			localize_item($item);
 			$status_user = (($item['cid']==$user_info['id'])?$user_info: api_item_get_user($a,$item));
+
+			if ($item['parent']!=$item['id']) {
+
+				$r = q("select `item`.`contact-id`, `contact`.nick from item, contact 
+					where `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id` and `item`.id=%d", intval($item['parent']));
+
+				$in_reply_to_screen_name = $r[0]['nick'];
+				$in_reply_to_user_id = $r[0]['contact-id'];
+			} else {
+				$in_reply_to_screen_name = '';
+				$in_reply_to_user_id = 0;
+			}
+
 			$status = array(
-				'created_at'=> api_date($item['created']),
-				'published' => api_date($item['created']),
-				'updated'   => api_date($item['edited']),
-				'id'		=> intval($item['id']),
-				'message_id' => $item['uri'],
-				'text'		=> strip_tags(bbcode($item['body'])),
-				'statusnet_html'		=> bbcode($item['body']),
-				'source'    => (($item['app']) ? $item['app'] : 'web'),
-				'url'		=> ($item['plink']!=''?$item['plink']:$item['author-link']),
+				'text'		=> html2plain(bbcode($item['body']), 0),
 				'truncated' => False,
+				'created_at'=> api_date($item['created']),
 				'in_reply_to_status_id' => ($item['parent']!=$item['id']? intval($item['parent']):''),
-				'in_reply_to_user_id' => '',
-				'favorited' => $item['starred'] ? true : false,
-				'in_reply_to_screen_name' => '',
+				'source'    => (($item['app']) ? $item['app'] : 'web'),
+				'id'		=> intval($item['id']),
+				'in_reply_to_user_id' => $in_reply_to_user_id,
+				'in_reply_to_screen_name' => $in_reply_to_screen_name,
 				'geo' => '',
-				'coordinates' => $item['coord'],
-				'place' => $item['location'],
-				'contributors' => '',
-				'annotations'  => '',
-				'entities'  => '',
+				'favorited' => $item['starred'] ? true : false,
 				'user' =>  $status_user ,
-				'objecttype' => (($item['object-type']) ? $item['object-type'] : ACTIVITY_OBJ_NOTE),
-				'verb' => (($item['verb']) ? $item['verb'] : ACTIVITY_POST),
-				'self' => $a->get_baseurl()."/api/statuses/show/".$item['id'].".".$type,
-				'edit' => $a->get_baseurl()."/api/statuses/show/".$item['id'].".".$type,				
+				'statusnet_html'		=> bbcode($item['body']),
+				'statusnet_conversation_id'	=> 0,
 			);
+
+			// Seesmic doesn't like the following content
+			if ($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] != 'Seesmic') {
+				$status2 = array(
+					'updated'   => api_date($item['edited']),
+					'published' => api_date($item['created']),
+					'message_id' => $item['uri'],
+					'url'		=> ($item['plink']!=''?$item['plink']:$item['author-link']),
+					'coordinates' => $item['coord'],
+					'place' => $item['location'],
+					'contributors' => '',
+					'annotations'  => '',
+					'entities'  => '',
+					'objecttype' => (($item['object-type']) ? $item['object-type'] : ACTIVITY_OBJ_NOTE),
+					'verb' => (($item['verb']) ? $item['verb'] : ACTIVITY_POST),
+					'self' => $a->get_baseurl()."/api/statuses/show/".$item['id'].".".$type,
+					'edit' => $a->get_baseurl()."/api/statuses/show/".$item['id'].".".$type,
+				);
+
+				$status = array_merge($status, $status2);
+			}
+
 			$ret[]=$status;
 		};
 		return $ret;
@@ -882,17 +965,31 @@
 	function api_account_rate_limit_status(&$a,$type) {
 
 		$hash = array(
+			  'reset_time_in_seconds' => strtotime('now + 1 hour'),
 			  'remaining_hits' => (string) 150,
 			  'hourly_limit' => (string) 150,
 			  'reset_time' => datetime_convert('UTC','UTC','now + 1 hour',ATOM_TIME),
-			  'reset_time_in_seconds' => strtotime('now + 1 hour')
 		);
+		if ($type == "xml")
+			$hash['resettime_in_seconds'] = $hash['reset_time_in_seconds'];
 
 		return api_apply_template('ratelimit', $type, array('$hash' => $hash));
 
 	}
 	api_register_func('api/account/rate_limit_status','api_account_rate_limit_status',true);
 
+	function api_help_test(&$a,$type) {
+
+		if ($type == 'xml')
+			$ok = "true";
+		else
+			$ok = "ok";
+
+		return api_apply_template('test', $type, array('$ok' => $ok));
+
+	}
+	api_register_func('api/help/test','api_help_test',true);
+
 	/**
 	 *  https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/get/statuses/friends 
 	 *  This function is deprecated by Twitter
@@ -1075,7 +1172,7 @@
 					'recipient_screen_name'=> $recipient['screen_name'],
 					'recipient'=> $recipient,
 					
-					'text'=> $item['title']."\n".strip_tags(bbcode($item['body'])) ,
+					'text'=> $item['title']."\n".html2plain(bbcode($item['body']), 0) ,
 					
 			);
 		
@@ -1144,7 +1241,7 @@
 				'recipient_screen_name'=> $recipient['screen_name'],
 				'recipient'=> $recipient,
 				
-				'text'=> $item['title']."\n".strip_tags(bbcode($item['body'])) ,
+				'text'=> $item['title']."\n".html2plain(bbcode($item['body']), 0) ,
 				
 			);
 			
diff --git a/include/html2plain.php b/include/html2plain.php
index 2a4cf66391..d367d7c1f6 100644
--- a/include/html2plain.php
+++ b/include/html2plain.php
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 <?php
 require_once "html2bbcode.php";
 
-function breaklines($line, $level)
+function breaklines($line, $level, $wraplength = 75)
 {
-	$wraplen = 75-$level;
+
+	if ($wraplength == 0)
+		return($line);
+
+	$wraplen = $wraplength-$level;
 
 	$newlines = array();
 
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ function breaklines($line, $level)
 	return(implode($newlines, "\n"));
 }
 
-function quotelevel($message)
+function quotelevel($message, $wraplength = 75)
 {
 	$lines = explode("\n", $message);
 
@@ -65,12 +69,12 @@ function quotelevel($message)
 		}
 
 		if (!$startquote or ($line != ''))
-			$newlines[] = breaklines($line, $currlevel);
+			$newlines[] = breaklines($line, $currlevel, $wraplength);
 	}
 	return(implode($newlines, "\n"));
 }
 
-function html2plain($html)
+function html2plain($html, $wraplength = 75)
 {
 	global $lang;
 
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ function html2plain($html)
 
 	foreach ($result as $treffer) {
 		if ($treffer[1] == $treffer[2]) {
-			$search = '<a href="'.$treffer[1].'" target="_blank">'.$treffer[1].'</a>';
+			$search = '<a href="'.$treffer[1].'" target="external-link">'.$treffer[1].'</a>';
 			$message = str_replace($search, $treffer[1], $message);
 		}
 	}
@@ -109,6 +113,7 @@ function html2plain($html)
 	node2bbcode($doc, 'body', array(), '', '');
 
 	// MyBB-Auszeichnungen
+	/*
 	node2bbcode($doc, 'span', array('style'=>'text-decoration: underline;'), '_', '_');
 	node2bbcode($doc, 'span', array('style'=>'font-style: italic;'), '/', '/');
 	node2bbcode($doc, 'span', array('style'=>'font-weight: bold;'), '*', '*');
@@ -117,6 +122,7 @@ function html2plain($html)
 	node2bbcode($doc, 'b', array(), '*', '*');
 	node2bbcode($doc, 'i', array(), '/', '/');
 	node2bbcode($doc, 'u', array(), '_', '_');
+	*/
 
 	node2bbcode($doc, 'blockquote', array(), '[quote]', "[/quote]\n");
 
@@ -143,10 +149,11 @@ function html2plain($html)
 	node2bbcode($doc, 'h5', array(), "\n\n*", "*\n");
 	node2bbcode($doc, 'h6', array(), "\n\n*", "*\n");
 
-	node2bbcode($doc, 'a', array('href'=>'/(.+)/'), ' $1', '', true);
-	node2bbcode($doc, 'img', array('alt'=>'/(.+)/'), '$1', '');
-	node2bbcode($doc, 'img', array('title'=>'/(.+)/'), '$1', '');
-	node2bbcode($doc, 'img', array(), '', '');
+	// Problem: there is no reliable way to detect if it is a link to a tag or profile
+	//node2bbcode($doc, 'a', array('href'=>'/(.+)/'), ' $1 ', '', true);
+	//node2bbcode($doc, 'img', array('alt'=>'/(.+)/'), '$1', '');
+	//node2bbcode($doc, 'img', array('title'=>'/(.+)/'), '$1', '');
+	//node2bbcode($doc, 'img', array(), '', '');
 	node2bbcode($doc, 'img', array('src'=>'/(.+)/'), '[img]$1', '[/img]');
 
 	$message = $doc->saveHTML();
@@ -173,7 +180,7 @@ function html2plain($html)
 		$message = str_replace("\n\n\n", "\n\n", $message);
 	} while ($oldmessage != $message);
 
-	$message = quotelevel(trim($message));
+	$message = quotelevel(trim($message), $wraplength);
 
 	return(trim($message));
 }
diff --git a/view/api_ratelimit_xml.tpl b/view/api_ratelimit_xml.tpl
index 42439f8b5f..36ec1993df 100755
--- a/view/api_ratelimit_xml.tpl
+++ b/view/api_ratelimit_xml.tpl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <hash>
-		<remaining-hits type="integer">$hash.remaining_hits</remaining-hits>
-		<hourly-limit type="integer">$hash.hourly_limit</hourly-limit>
-		<reset-time type="datetime">$hash.reset_time</reset-time>
-</hash>
\ No newline at end of file
+ <remaining-hits type="integer">$hash.remaining_hits</remaining-hits>
+ <hourly-limit type="integer">$hash.hourly_limit</hourly-limit>
+ <reset-time type="datetime">$hash.reset_time</reset-time>
+ <reset_time_in_seconds type="integer">$hash.resettime_in_seconds</reset_time_in_seconds>
+</hash>
diff --git a/view/api_user_xml.tpl b/view/api_user_xml.tpl
index 78cc1f5306..f1e122f3e8 100755
--- a/view/api_user_xml.tpl
+++ b/view/api_user_xml.tpl
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@
     <place>$user.status.place</place>
     <contributors>$user.status.contributors</contributors>
   {{ endif }}</status>
-</user>
\ No newline at end of file
+</user>