I changed a section in _parsefeed() to: // Failed to fetch url;
//return array();
// Error message bubble-up
return array("urlerror" => "Could not contact Twitter");

and in display() : echo $before_title . $options[$number]['title'] . $after_title;
?>
<?php
//Display error message if there was a timeout:
if(array_key_exists(”urlerror”, $tweets))
{
echo $tweets["urlerror"];
// Zero-out the array so the logic below works.
$tweets = array();
}

if ( $options[$number]['feed'] == ‘user’ && !empty($tweets) && $options[$number]['avatar']) {

Some of your code left in above and below for context. This gives a more user-friendly message, rather than just showing no Tweets! Hope you’ll consider using this in the next version.