diff --git a/mytwitter.py b/mytwitter.py
index 3d0f1e4..44c2665 100755
--- a/mytwitter.py
+++ b/mytwitter.py
@@ -179,10 +179,14 @@ class MyTwitter():
                 return
 
 
-    # This code modified from create_custom_tab in:
-    # http://www.daa.com.au/pipermail/pygtk/2006-April/012216.html
     def add_to_notebook(self, name, single_tweet=None):
-        new_pane = TweetPane(name, self.num_entries, single_tweet)
+        is_user = False
+        following = False
+        if re.match('user:', name):
+            is_user = True
+            relationship = self.api.ShowFriendships(source_screen_name=self.username, target_screen_name=re.sub('user: ', '', name))
+            following = relationship.target.following
+        new_pane = TweetPane(name, num_entries=self.num_entries, single_tweet=single_tweet, is_user=is_user, following=following)
         self.tweet_notebook.append_page(new_pane, new_pane.get_tab_label())
         new_pane.get_tab_label().connect('close-clicked', self.remove_view, name)
         new_pane.connect('tweet-reply', self.on_reply)
diff --git a/twitterwidgets.py b/twitterwidgets.py
index d307d2c..3984a49 100644
--- a/twitterwidgets.py
+++ b/twitterwidgets.py
@@ -13,14 +13,20 @@ class TweetPane(gtk.ScrolledWindow):
     It also gets some data from its parent, including num_entries
     '''
 
-    def __init__(self, list_name, num_entries=20, single_tweet=None):
+    def __init__(self, list_name, num_entries=20, single_tweet=None, is_user=False, following=False):
         gtk.ScrolledWindow.__init__(self)
 
         self.updated_once = False
 
+        self.list_name = list_name
         self.single_tweet = single_tweet
 
-        self.list_name = list_name
+        self.num_entries = num_entries
+        if self.single_tweet is not None:
+            self.num_entries = 1
+
+        self.is_user = is_user
+        self.following = following
 
         self.tab_label = CloseTabLabel(self.list_name)
 
@@ -31,10 +37,6 @@ class TweetPane(gtk.ScrolledWindow):
 
         self.tweets = []
 
-        self.num_entries = num_entries
-        if self.single_tweet is not None:
-            self.num_entries = 1
-
         self.init_widgets()
 
 
@@ -142,6 +144,17 @@ class TweetPane(gtk.ScrolledWindow):
         self.emit('tweet-in-reply-to', data)
 
 
+    def get_following(self):
+        return following
+
+
+    def set_following(self, following):
+        self.following = following
+
+
+    def is_user(self):
+        return is_user
+
     # To keep things simple elsewhere and improve code reuse
     # we'll build a list of home-cooked Status objects out of results.
     # Why is this even necessary?
@@ -360,7 +373,10 @@ class CloseTabLabel(gtk.EventBox):
         self.init_widgets(name)
 
 
-    # This code is still heinous, but at least it is
+    # This code modified from create_custom_tab in:
+    # http://www.daa.com.au/pipermail/pygtk/2006-April/012216.html
+    #
+    # My version of this code is a little heinous, but at least it is
     # isolated to its own class
     def init_widgets(self, name):
         #create a custom tab for notebook containing a 
@@ -404,7 +420,6 @@ class CloseTabLabel(gtk.EventBox):
     def on_button_press(self, event, direction):
         self.emit('label-clicked')
 
-
 ### end class CloseTabLabel
 
 # signals for CloseTabLabel