diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 9ccad44a7a3ad46588a711e9afed2530aca5606f..2683adc4f8efaece289b569db6d07efde9b44e05 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ source "https://rails-assets.org" do
   gem "rails-assets-markdown-it-sub",                     "1.0.0"
   gem "rails-assets-markdown-it-sup",                     "1.0.0"
   gem "rails-assets-highlightjs",                         "8.6.0"
+  gem "rails-assets-typeahead.js",                        "0.11.1"
 
   # jQuery plugins
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index cf28ab54b3b56505aa989fdbaba8642c797d4eca..108d579e42ce1c48ce9d1e970b9543364cd81b86 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -569,6 +569,8 @@ GEM
     rails-assets-markdown-it-sub (1.0.0)
     rails-assets-markdown-it-sup (1.0.0)
     rails-assets-perfect-scrollbar (0.6.4)
+    rails-assets-typeahead.js (0.11.1)
+      rails-assets-jquery (>= 1.7)
     rails-deprecated_sanitizer (1.0.3)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0.alpha)
     rails-dom-testing (1.0.6)
@@ -860,6 +862,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails-assets-markdown-it-sub (= 1.0.0)!
   rails-assets-markdown-it-sup (= 1.0.0)!
   rails-assets-perfect-scrollbar (= 0.6.4)!
+  rails-assets-typeahead.js (= 0.11.1)!
   rails-i18n (= 4.0.4)
   rails-timeago (= 2.11.0)
   rails_admin (= 0.6.8)
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/header_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/header_view.js
index 6434f1a8990bf1154a163724cd47d37b61b0af6d..5b682c3b347289caaea546f5fcb0d953a55a5817 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/header_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/header_view.js
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ app.views.Header = app.views.Base.extend({
 
   className: "dark-header",
 
-  events: {
-    "focusin #q": "toggleSearchActive",
-    "focusout #q": "toggleSearchActive"
-  },
-
   presenter: function() {
     return _.extend({}, this.defaultPresenter(), {
       podname: gon.appConfig.settings.podname
@@ -24,13 +19,5 @@ app.views.Header = app.views.Base.extend({
   },
 
   menuElement: function(){ return this.$("ul.dropdown"); },
-
-  toggleSearchActive: function(evt){
-    // jQuery produces two events for focus/blur (for bubbling)
-    // don't rely on which event arrives first, by allowing for both variants
-    var isActive = (_.indexOf(["focus","focusin"], evt.type) !== -1);
-    $(evt.target).toggleClass("active", isActive);
-    return false;
-  }
 });
 // @license-end
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/search_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/search_view.js
index aed2e54ca48787c829cb51164f4bcbc9bcdc1593..6e8a1d272e79c6dccdae31c1af1290b54e39dcb7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/search_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/search_view.js
@@ -1,71 +1,95 @@
 // @license magnet:?xt=urn:btih:0b31508aeb0634b347b8270c7bee4d411b5d4109&dn=agpl-3.0.txt AGPL-v3-or-Later
 app.views.Search = app.views.Base.extend({
+  events: {
+    "focusin #q": "toggleSearchActive",
+    "focusout #q": "toggleSearchActive",
+    "keypress #q": "inputKeypress",
+  },
+
   initialize: function(){
-    this.searchFormAction = this.$el.attr('action');
-    this.searchInput = this.$('input[type="search"]');
-    this.searchInputName = this.$('input[type="search"]').attr('name');
-    this.searchInputHandle = this.$('input[type="search"]').attr('handle');
-    this.options = {
-      cacheLength: 15,
-      delay: 800,
-      extraParams: {limit: 4},
-      formatItem: this.formatItem,
-      formatResult: this.formatResult,
-      max: 5,
-      minChars: 2,
-      onSelect: this.selectItemCallback,
-      parse: this.parse,
-      scroll: false,
-      context: this
-    };
+    this.searchFormAction = this.$el.attr("action");
+    this.searchInput = this.$("#q");
 
-    var self = this;
-    this.searchInput.autocomplete(self.searchFormAction + '.json',
-        $.extend(self.options, { element: self.searchInput }));
+    // constructs the suggestion engine
+    this.setupBloodhound();
+    this.setupTypeahead();
+    this.searchInput.on("typeahead:select", this.suggestionSelected);
   },
 
-  formatItem: function(row){
-    if(typeof row.search !== 'undefined') { return Diaspora.I18n.t('search_for', row); }
-    else {
-      var item = '';
-      if (row.avatar) { item += '<img src="' + row.avatar + '" class="avatar"/>'; }
-      item += row.name;
-      if (row.handle) { item += '<div class="search_handle">' + row.handle + '</div>'; }
-      return item;
-    }
+  setupBloodhound: function() {
+    this.bloodhound = new Bloodhound({
+      datumTokenizer: function(datum) {
+        var nameTokens = Bloodhound.tokenizers.nonword(datum.name);
+        var handleTokens = datum.handle ? Bloodhound.tokenizers.nonword(datum.name) : [];
+        return nameTokens.concat(handleTokens);
+      },
+      queryTokenizer: Bloodhound.tokenizers.whitespace,
+      remote: {
+        url: this.searchFormAction + ".json?q=%QUERY",
+        wildcard: "%QUERY",
+        transform: this.transformBloodhoundResponse
+      },
+      prefetch: {
+        url: "/contacts.json",
+        transform: this.transformBloodhoundResponse,
+        cache: false
+      },
+      sufficient: 5
+    });
   },
 
-  formatResult: function(row){ return Handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(row.name); },
+  setupTypeahead: function() {
+    this.searchInput.typeahead({
+      hint: false,
+      highlight: true,
+      minLength: 2
+    },
+    {
+      name: "search",
+      display: "name",
+      limit: 5,
+      source: this.bloodhound,
+      templates: {
+        /* jshint camelcase: false */
+        suggestion: HandlebarsTemplates.search_suggestion_tpl
+        /* jshint camelcase: true */
+      }
+    });
+  },
 
-  parse: function(data) {
-    var self = this.context;
+  transformBloodhoundResponse: function(response) {
+    var result = response.map(function(data) {
+      // person
+      if(data.handle) {
+        data.person = true;
+        return data;
+      }
 
-    var results =  data.map(function(person){
-      person.name = self.formatResult(person);
-      return {data : person, value : person.name};
+      // hashtag
+      return {
+        hashtag: true,
+        name: data.name,
+        url: Routes.tag(data.name.substring(1))
+      };
     });
 
-    results.push({
-      data: {
-        name: self.searchInput.val(),
-        url: self.searchFormAction + '?' + self.searchInputName + '=' + self.searchInput.val(),
-        search: true
-      },
-      value: self.searchInput.val()
-    });
+    return result;
+  },
 
-    return results;
+  toggleSearchActive: function(evt) {
+    // jQuery produces two events for focus/blur (for bubbling)
+    // don't rely on which event arrives first, by allowing for both variants
+    var isActive = (_.indexOf(["focus","focusin"], evt.type) !== -1);
+    $(evt.target).toggleClass("active", isActive);
   },
 
-  selectItemCallback: function(evt, data, formatted){
-    var self = this.context;
+  suggestionSelected: function(evt, datum) {
+    window.location = datum.url;
+  },
 
-    if(data.search === true){
-      window.location = self.searchFormAction + '?' + self.searchInputName + '=' + data.name;
-    }
-    else{ // The actual result
-      self.options.element.val(formatted);
-      window.location = data.url ? data.url : '/tags/' + data.name.substring(1);
+  inputKeypress: function(evt) {
+    if(evt.which === 13 && $(".tt-suggestion.tt-cursor").length === 0) {
+      $(evt.target).closest("form").submit();
     }
   }
 });
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/main.js b/app/assets/javascripts/main.js
index 8ee4dfc2b12ced2443e12a30ff01cb8642abb53d..cbad4371fdc15cbaed63fb309d35d47b4de1cfc5 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/main.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/main.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 //= require jakobmattsson-jquery-elastic
 //= require jquery.mentionsInput
 //= require jquery.infinitescroll-custom
-//= require jquery.autocomplete-custom
 //= require jquery-ui/core
 //= require jquery-ui/widget
 //= require jquery-ui/mouse
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@
 //= require markdown-it-sup
 //= require highlightjs
 //= require clear-form
+//= require typeahead.js
 //= require app/app
 //= require diaspora
 //= require_tree ./helpers
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/view.js
index 5f43ad4dda210a40ecc0c4e9cf09a99b45cb68ae..4810a8a691224904604d2cca8951651e676bcfd4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/view.js
@@ -7,14 +7,6 @@ var View = {
     /* label placeholders */
     $("input, textarea").placeholder();
 
-    /* "Toggling" the search input */
-    $(this.search.selector)
-      .blur(this.search.blur)
-      .focus(this.search.focus)
-
-    /* Submit the form when the user hits enter */
-      .keypress(this.search.keyPress);
-
     /* Dropdowns */
     $(document)
       .on('click', this.dropdowns.selector, this.dropdowns.click)
@@ -48,16 +40,6 @@ var View = {
     });
   },
 
-  search: {
-    blur: function() {
-      $(this).removeClass("active");
-    },
-    focus: function() {
-      $(this).addClass("active");
-    },
-    selector: "#q"
-  },
-
   dropdowns: {
     click: function(evt) {
       $(this).parent('.dropdown').toggleClass("active");
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/_application.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/_application.scss
index a0b6d7d0ce01b8567d4d54f454e104ac2fde87fc..585929f2b0a2b6a7eb97f59c9600f6976ac4f783 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/_application.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/_application.scss
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 /* core */
 @import 'media-box';
-@import 'autocomplete';
 @import 'entypo';
 @import 'icons';
 @import 'mentions';
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@
 @import 'timeago';
 @import 'vendor/fileuploader';
 @import 'vendor/autoSuggest';
+@import 'typeahead';
 
 /* font overrides */
 @import 'new_styles/typography';
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/autocomplete.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/autocomplete.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 051dd658075b9dd1f0c848d13ea6eb8878be1744..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/autocomplete.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-.ac_results {
-  border: 1px solid #999;
-  background-color: transparent;
-  overflow: hidden;
-  z-index: 99999;
-  min-width: 300px !important;
-  width: 100%;
-
-  border-radius: 3px;
-  box-shadow: 0 1px 3px #999;
-}
-
-.ac_results ul {
-  width: 100%;
-  list-style-position: outside;
-  list-style: none;
-  padding: 0;
-  margin: 0;
-}
-
-.ac_results li {
-  color: white;
-  margin: 0px;
-  padding: 2px 5px {
-    left: 50px;
-    top: 6px;
-  }
-  cursor: default;
-  display: block;
-  height: 45px;
-  position: relative;
-  // if width will be 100% horizontal scrollbar will apear
-  // when scroll mode will be used
-  // width 100%
-  font: menu;
-  font-size: 1em;
-  // it is very important, if line-height not setted or setted
-  // in relative units scroll will be broken in firefox
-  //:line-height 16px
-  overflow: hidden;
-  white-space: nowrap;
-  text-overflow: ellipsis;
-}
-
-.ac_input + .spinner {
-  display: none;
-}
-
-.ac_input.ac_loading + .spinner {
-  display: inline-block;
-  height: 18px;
-  margin-left: -26px;
-  margin-right: 8px;
-  margin-top: 7px;
-  position: absolute;
-  width: 18px;
-}
-
-.ac_odd {
-  background-color: $navbar-inverse-bg;
-}
-
-.ac_even {
-  background-color: darken($navbar-inverse-bg, 3%);
-}
-
-.ac_over {
-  background-color: $brand-primary;
-}
-
-.ac_results {
-  .avatar {
-    height: 35px;
-    width: 35px;
-    position: absolute;
-    left: 5px;
-    top: 5px;
-  }
-
-  .search_handle {
-    font-size: 0.8em;
-    color: #999;
-    margin-top: -3px;
-  }
-
-  .ac_over .search_handle{
-    color: #fff;
-  }
-
-  .ac_over .search_handle, .search_handle {
-    display: block;
-    overflow: hidden;
-    text-overflow: ellipsis;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/typeahead.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/typeahead.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4c08bc2196ee47013701820ae1b24a41a1c5868f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/typeahead.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+.tt-menu {
+  width: 300px;
+  margin-top: 11px;
+  background-color: $navbar-inverse-bg;
+  box-shadow: 0 5px 10px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
+}
+
+.tt-suggestion {
+  border-top: 1px solid $gray-dark;
+  color: $white;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  line-height: 20px;
+  &.tt-cursor {
+    background-color: $brand-primary;
+  }
+
+  &.search-suggestion-person {
+    padding: 8px;
+    .avatar {
+      height: 40px;
+      margin-right: 8px;
+      width: 40px;
+    }
+    .diaspora-id { font-size: $font-size-small; }
+  }
+  &.search-suggestion-hashtag {
+    padding: 8px 20px;
+    .name { line-height: 25px; }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/header_tpl.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/header_tpl.jst.hbs
index f00f237290298fc1072d0c1044ac5c78d8e57d8f..e835337a1a23d23458c61fdec1eaca45cd82ed60 100644
--- a/app/assets/templates/header_tpl.jst.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/templates/header_tpl.jst.hbs
@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@
 
           <form id="header-search-form" accept-charset="UTF-8" action="/search" class="navbar-form navbar-right" role="search" method="get">
             <div class="form-group">
-              <input id="q" name="q" placeholder="{{t "header.search"}}" results="5" type="search" autocomplete="off" class="ac_input form-control input-sm">
-              <div class="spinner"></div>
+              <input id="q" name="q" placeholder="{{t "header.search"}}" results="5" type="search" autocomplete="off" class="form-control input-sm">
             </div>
             <input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓">
           </form>
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/search_suggestion_tpl.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/search_suggestion_tpl.jst.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a2c734cab5dd3304d0fdfbaaf717ce029af4451a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/templates/search_suggestion_tpl.jst.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{{#if person}}
+  <div class="search-suggestion-person">
+    {{#if avatar}}
+      <img src="{{ avatar }}" class="avatar pull-left">
+    {{/if}}
+    <div class="name">{{ name }}</div>
+    <div class="diaspora-id">{{ handle }}</div>
+  </div>
+{{else}}{{#if hashtag}}
+  <div class="search-suggestion-hashtag">
+    <div class="name">{{ name }}</div>
+  </div>
+{{/if}}{{/if}}
diff --git a/config/.jshint.json b/config/.jshint.json
index 86bcc1cf27c5918b06c43418c7f96991f470c66e..676c0f1f6d6fb2cbf0c09654d372be6b6496a643 100644
--- a/config/.jshint.json
+++ b/config/.jshint.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "_",
     "autosize",
     "Backbone",
+    "Bloodhound",
     "gon",
     "Handlebars",
     "HandlebarsTemplates",
diff --git a/features/desktop/search.feature b/features/desktop/search.feature
index da49164df39deee80ca1f780f7649749b22f5d93..8b436018f76fa593fcc83798c95e524dee7dc4a4 100644
--- a/features/desktop/search.feature
+++ b/features/desktop/search.feature
@@ -6,28 +6,51 @@ Feature: search for users and hashtags
 
 Background:
   Given following users exist:
-  | username | email |
-  | Bob Jones | bob@bob.bob |
-  | Alice Smith | alice@alice.alice |
-  And I sign in as "bob@bob.bob"
+  | username       | email             |
+  | Bob Jones      | bob@bob.bob       |
+  | Alice Smith    | alice@alice.alice |
+  | Carol Williams | carol@example.com |
 
 Scenario: search for a user and go to its profile
-  When I enter "Alice Sm" in the search input
-  Then I should see "Alice Smith" within ".ac_results"
+  When I sign in as "bob@bob.bob"
+  And I enter "Alice Sm" in the search input
+  Then I should see "Alice Smith" within ".tt-menu"
 
   When I click on the first search result
   Then I should see "Alice Smith" within ".profile_header #name"
 
 Scenario: search for a inexistent user and go to the search page
-  When I enter "Trinity" in the search input
-  Then I should see "Search for Trinity" within ".ac_even"
+  When I sign in as "bob@bob.bob"
+  And I enter "Trinity" in the search input
+  And I press enter in the search input
 
-  When I click on the first search result
   Then I should see "Users matching Trinity" within "#search_title"
 
+Scenario: search for a not searchable user
+  When I sign in as "carol@example.com"
+  And I go to the edit profile page
+  And I mark myself as not searchable
+  And I submit the form
+  Then I should be on the edit profile page
+  And the "profile[searchable]" checkbox should not be checked
+
+  When I sign out
+  And I sign in as "bob@bob.bob"
+  And I enter "Carol Wi" in the search input
+  Then I should not see any search results
+
+  Given a user with email "bob@bob.bob" is connected with "carol@example.com"
+  When I go to the home page
+  And I enter "Carol Wi" in the search input
+  Then I should see "Carol Williams" within ".tt-menu"
+
+  When I click on the first search result
+  Then I should see "Carol Williams" within ".profile_header #name"
+
 Scenario: search for a tag
-  When I enter "#Matrix" in the search input
-  Then I should see "#matrix" within ".ac_even"
+  When I sign in as "bob@bob.bob"
+  And I enter "#Matrix" in the search input
+  Then I should see "#Matrix" within ".tt-menu"
 
   When I click on the first search result
   Then I should be on the tag page for "matrix"
diff --git a/features/step_definitions/profile_steps.rb b/features/step_definitions/profile_steps.rb
index 28a5a3489d40430203ac0a051f4d0e525411671a..af9949d9320b8920e33e02553663804a4ac17f3e 100644
--- a/features/step_definitions/profile_steps.rb
+++ b/features/step_definitions/profile_steps.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ And /^I mark myself as safe for work$/ do
   uncheck('profile[nsfw]')
 end
 
+And /^I mark myself as not searchable$/ do
+  uncheck("profile[searchable]")
+end
+
 When(/^I delete a photo$/) do
   find('.photo.loaded .thumbnail', :match => :first).hover
   find('.delete', :match => :first).click
diff --git a/features/step_definitions/search_steps.rb b/features/step_definitions/search_steps.rb
index c623c202db4a1ea13526a6352c98982682983874..18b499989bd851827c81b8749d521a0257e2a65d 100644
--- a/features/step_definitions/search_steps.rb
+++ b/features/step_definitions/search_steps.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,15 @@ When /^I enter "([^"]*)" in the search input$/ do |search_term|
 end
 
 When /^I click on the first search result$/ do
-  within(".ac_results") do
-    find("li", match: :first).click
+  within(".tt-menu") do
+    find(".tt-suggestion", match: :first).click
   end
 end
+
+When /^I press enter in the search input$/ do
+  find("input#q").native.send_keys :return
+end
+
+Then /^I should not see any search results$/ do
+  expect(page).to_not have_selector(".tt-suggestion")
+end
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/header_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/header_view_spec.js
index 1106d6d6f59df2c57d5fd4372ba211190a86b779..2b1987ff827c56a40f49e4d4b3e4c891e4a19175 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/header_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/header_view_spec.js
@@ -54,35 +54,4 @@ describe("app.views.Header", function() {
       });
     });
   });
-
-  describe("search", function() {
-    var input;
-
-    beforeEach(function() {
-      $("#jasmine_content").html(this.view.el);
-      input = $(this.view.el).find("#q");
-    });
-
-    describe("focus", function() {
-      beforeEach(function(done){
-        input.trigger("focusin");
-        done();
-      });
-
-      it("adds the class 'active' when the user focuses the text field", function() {
-        expect(input).toHaveClass("active");
-      });
-    });
-
-    describe("blur", function() {
-      beforeEach(function(done) {
-        input.trigger("focusin").trigger("focusout");
-        done();
-      });
-
-      it("removes the class 'active' when the user blurs the text field", function() {
-        expect(input).not.toHaveClass("active");
-      });
-    });
-  });
 });
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/search_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/search_view_spec.js
index ca23e6f7cd778b713e39b66a3df0132ca87b85db..19fc0ccfb2c119fc27bc3fb6ebf4c51730242607 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/search_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/search_view_spec.js
@@ -1,14 +1,78 @@
 describe("app.views.Search", function() {
   beforeEach(function(){
-    spec.content().html('<form action="#" id="search_people_form"></form>');
-    this.view = new app.views.Search({ el: '#search_people_form' });
-  });
-  describe("parse", function() {
-    it("escapes a persons name", function() {
-      var person = { 'name': '</script><script>alert("xss");</script' };
-      this.view.context = this.view;
-      var result = this.view.parse([$.extend({}, person)]);
-      expect(result[0].data.name).not.toEqual(person.name);
+    spec.content().html(
+      "<form action='/search' id='search_people_form'><input id='q' name='q' type='search'></input></form>"
+    );
+  });
+
+  describe("initialize", function() {
+    it("calls setupBloodhound", function() {
+      spyOn(app.views.Search.prototype, "setupBloodhound").and.callThrough();
+      new app.views.Search({ el: "#search_people_form" });
+      expect(app.views.Search.prototype.setupBloodhound).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("calls setupTypeahead", function() {
+      spyOn(app.views.Search.prototype, "setupTypeahead");
+      new app.views.Search({ el: "#search_people_form" });
+      expect(app.views.Search.prototype.setupTypeahead).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("toggleSearchActive", function() {
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      this.view = new app.views.Search({ el: "#search_people_form" });
+      this.typeaheadInput = this.view.$("#q");
+    });
+
+    context("focus", function() {
+      it("adds the class 'active' when the user focuses the text field", function() {
+        expect(this.typeaheadInput).not.toHaveClass("active");
+        this.typeaheadInput.trigger("focusin");
+        expect(this.typeaheadInput).toHaveClass("active");
+      });
+    });
+
+    context("blur", function() {
+      beforeEach(function() {
+        this.typeaheadInput.addClass("active");
+      });
+
+      it("removes the class 'active' when the user blurs the text field", function() {
+        this.typeaheadInput.trigger("focusout");
+        expect(this.typeaheadInput).not.toHaveClass("active");
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("transformBloodhoundResponse" , function() {
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      this.view = new app.views.Search({ el: "#search_people_form" });
+    });
+    context("with persons", function() {
+      beforeEach(function() {
+        this.response = [{name: "Person", handle: "person@pod.tld"},{name: "User", handle: "user@pod.tld"}];
+      });
+
+      it("sets data.person to true", function() {
+        expect(this.view.transformBloodhoundResponse(this.response)).toEqual([
+         {name: "Person", handle: "person@pod.tld", person: true},
+         {name: "User", handle: "user@pod.tld", person: true}
+        ]);
+      });
+    });
+
+    context("with hashtags", function() {
+      beforeEach(function() {
+        this.response = [{name: "#tag"}, {name: "#hashTag"}];
+      });
+
+      it("sets data.hashtag to true and adds the correct URL", function() {
+        expect(this.view.transformBloodhoundResponse(this.response)).toEqual([
+         {name: "#tag", hashtag: true, url: Routes.tag("tag")},
+         {name: "#hashTag", hashtag: true, url: Routes.tag("hashTag")}
+        ]);
+      });
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery.autocomplete-custom.js b/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery.autocomplete-custom.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a1816a96dc16362d1b2aafa245355442208ab3d8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery.autocomplete-custom.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,763 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Autocomplete - jQuery plugin 1.1pre
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2007 Dylan Verheul, Dan G. Switzer, Anjesh Tuladhar, Jörn Zaefferer
- *
- * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
- *   http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
- *   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
- *
- * Revision: $Id: jquery.autocomplete.js 5785 2008-07-12 10:37:33Z joern.zaefferer $
- * Modified by Diaspora
- */
-
-;(function($) {
-
-$.fn.extend({
-	autocomplete: function(urlOrData, options) {
-		var isUrl = typeof urlOrData == "string";
-		options = $.extend({}, $.Autocompleter.defaults, {
-			url: isUrl ? urlOrData : null,
-			data: isUrl ? null : urlOrData,
-			delay: isUrl ? $.Autocompleter.defaults.delay : 10,
-			max: options && !options.scroll ? 10 : 150
-		}, options);
-
-		// if highlight is set to false, replace it with a do-nothing function
-		options.highlight = options.highlight || function(value) { return value; };
-
-		// if the formatMatch option is not specified, then use formatItem for backwards compatibility
-		options.formatMatch = options.formatMatch || options.formatItem;
-
-		return this.each(function() {
-			new $.Autocompleter(this, options);
-		});
-	},
-	result: function(handler) {
-		return this.bind("result", handler);
-	},
-	search: function(handler) {
-		return this.trigger("search", [handler]);
-	},
-	flushCache: function() {
-		return this.trigger("flushCache");
-	},
-	setOptions: function(options){
-		return this.trigger("setOptions", [options]);
-	},
-	unautocomplete: function() {
-		return this.trigger("unautocomplete");
-	}
-});
-
-$.Autocompleter = function(input, options) {
-
-	var KEY = KEYCODES;
-
-	// Create $ object for input element
-	var $input = $(input).attr("autocomplete", "off").addClass(options.inputClass);
-
-	var timeout;
-	var previousValue = "";
-	var cache = $.Autocompleter.Cache(options);
-	var hasFocus = 0;
-	var lastKeyPressCode;
-	var config = {
-		mouseDownOnSelect: false
-	};
-	var select = $.Autocompleter.Select(options, input, selectCurrent, config);
-
-	var blockSubmit;
-
-	// prevent form submit in opera when selecting with return key
-	$.browser.opera && $(input.form).bind("submit.autocomplete", function() {
-		if (blockSubmit) {
-			blockSubmit = false;
-			return false;
-		}
-	});
-
-	// only opera doesn't trigger keydown multiple times while pressed, others don't work with keypress at all
-	$input.bind(($.browser.opera ? "keypress" : "keydown") + ".autocomplete", function(event) {
-		// track last key pressed
-		lastKeyPressCode = event.keyCode;
-		switch(event.keyCode) {
-
-			case KEY.LEFT:
-      case KEY.RIGHT:
-        if( options.disableRightAndLeft && select.visible()){
-          event.preventDefault();
-        }
-        break;
-			case KEY.UP:
-				if ( select.visible() ) {
-          event.preventDefault();
-					select.prev();
-				} else {
-					onChange(0, true);
-				}
-				break;
-
-			case KEY.DOWN:
-				if ( select.visible() ) {
-          event.preventDefault();
-					select.next();
-				} else {
-					onChange(0, true);
-				}
-				break;
-
-			case KEY.PAGEUP:
-				if ( select.visible() ) {
-          event.preventDefault();
-					select.pageUp();
-				} else {
-					onChange(0, true);
-				}
-				break;
-
-			case KEY.PAGEDOWN:
-				if ( select.visible() ) {
-          event.preventDefault();
-					select.pageDown();
-				} else {
-					onChange(0, true);
-				}
-				break;
-
-			// matches also semicolon
-			case options.multiple && $.trim(options.multipleSeparator) == "," && KEY.COMMA:
-			case KEY.TAB:
-			case KEY.RETURN:
-				if( selectCurrent() ) {
-					// stop default to prevent a form submit, Opera needs special handling
-					event.preventDefault();
-					blockSubmit = true;
-					return false;
-				}
-				break;
-
-			case KEY.ESC:
-				select.hide();
-				break;
-
-			default:
-        options.onLetterTyped(event, $input);
-				clearTimeout(timeout);
-				timeout = setTimeout(onChange, options.delay);
-				break;
-		}
-	}).focus(function(){
-		// track whether the field has focus, we shouldn't process any
-		// results if the field no longer has focus
-		hasFocus++;
-	}).blur(function() {
-		hasFocus = 0;
-		if (!config.mouseDownOnSelect) {
-			hideResults();
-		}
-	}).click(function() {
-		// show select when clicking in a focused field
-		if ( hasFocus++ > 1 && !select.visible() ) {
-			onChange(0, true);
-		}
-	}).bind("search", function() {
-		// TODO why not just specifying both arguments?
-		var fn = (arguments.length > 1) ? arguments[1] : null;
-		function findValueCallback(q, data) {
-			var result;
-			if( data && data.length ) {
-				for (var i=0; i < data.length; i++) {
-					if( data[i].result.toLowerCase() == q.toLowerCase() ) {
-						result = data[i];
-						break;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			if( typeof fn == "function" ) fn(result);
-			else $input.trigger("result", result && [result.data, result.value]);
-		}
-		$.each(trimWords($input.val()), function(i, value) {
-			request(value, findValueCallback, findValueCallback);
-		});
-	}).bind("flushCache", function() {
-		cache.flush();
-	}).bind("setOptions", function() {
-		$.extend(options, arguments[1]);
-		// if we've updated the data, repopulate
-		if ( "data" in arguments[1] )
-			cache.populate();
-	}).bind("unautocomplete", function() {
-		select.unbind();
-		$input.unbind();
-		$(input.form).unbind(".autocomplete");
-	});
-
-
-	function selectCurrent() {
-		var selected = select.selected();
-		if( !selected )
-			return false;
-
-		var v = selected.result;
-		previousValue = v;
-
-		if ( options.multiple ) {
-			var words = trimWords($input.val());
-			if ( words.length > 1 ) {
-				v = words.slice(0, words.length - 1).join( options.multipleSeparator ) + options.multipleSeparator + v;
-			}
-			v += options.multipleSeparator;
-		}
-
-		hideResultsNow();
-    options.onSelect($input, selected.data, selected.value);
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	function onChange(crap, skipPrevCheck) {
-		if( lastKeyPressCode == KEY.DEL ) {
-			select.hide();
-			return;
-		}
-
-		var currentValue = $input.val();
-
-		if ( !skipPrevCheck && currentValue == previousValue )
-			return;
-
-		previousValue = currentValue;
-
-		currentValue = options.searchTermFromValue(currentValue, $input[0].selectionStart);
-		if ( currentValue.length >= options.minChars) {
-			$input.addClass(options.loadingClass);
-			if (!options.matchCase)
-				currentValue = currentValue.toLowerCase();
-			request(currentValue, receiveData, hideResultsNow);
-		} else {
-			stopLoading();
-			select.hide();
-		}
-	};
-
-	function trimWords(value) {
-		if ( !value ) {
-			return [""];
-		}
-		var words = value.split( options.multipleSeparator );
-		var result = [];
-		$.each(words, function(i, value) {
-			if ( $.trim(value) )
-				result[i] = $.trim(value);
-		});
-		return result;
-	}
-
-	// fills in the input box w/the first match (assumed to be the best match)
-	// q: the term entered
-	// sValue: the first matching result
-	function autoFill(q, sValue){
-		// autofill in the complete box w/the first match as long as the user hasn't entered in more data
-		// if the last user key pressed was backspace, don't autofill
-		if( options.autoFill && (options.lastWord($input.val(), null, options.multiple).toLowerCase() == q.toLowerCase()) && lastKeyPressCode != KEY.BACKSPACE ) {
-			// fill in the value (keep the case the user has typed)
-			$input.val($input.val() + sValue.substring(options.lastWord(previousValue, null, options.multiple).length));
-			// select the portion of the value not typed by the user (so the next character will erase)
-			$.Autocompleter.Selection(input, previousValue.length, previousValue.length + sValue.length);
-		}
-	};
-
-	function hideResults() {
-		clearTimeout(timeout);
-		timeout = setTimeout(hideResultsNow, 200);
-	};
-
-	function hideResultsNow() {
-		select.hide();
-		clearTimeout(timeout);
-		stopLoading();
-		if (options.mustMatch) {
-			// call search and run callback
-			$input.search(
-				function (result){
-					// if no value found, clear the input box
-					if( !result ) {
-						if (options.multiple) {
-							var words = trimWords($input.val()).slice(0, -1);
-							$input.val( words.join(options.multipleSeparator) + (words.length ? options.multipleSeparator : "") );
-						}
-						else
-							$input.val( "" );
-					}
-				}
-			);
-		}
-	};
-
-	function receiveData(q, data) {
-		if ( data && data.length && hasFocus ) {
-			stopLoading();
-			select.display(data, q);
-			autoFill(q, data[0].value);
-			select.show();
-		} else {
-			hideResultsNow();
-		}
-	};
-
-	function request(term, success, failure) {
-		if (!options.matchCase)
-			term = term.toLowerCase();
-		var data = cache.load(term);
-		// recieve the cached data
-		if (data && data.length) {
-			success(term, data);
-		// if an AJAX url has been supplied, try loading the data now
-		} else if( (typeof options.url == "string") && (options.url.length > 0) ){
-
-			var extraParams = {
-				timestamp: +new Date()
-			};
-			$.each(options.extraParams, function(key, param) {
-				extraParams[key] = typeof param == "function" ? param() : param;
-			});
-
-			$.ajax({
-				// try to leverage ajaxQueue plugin to abort previous requests
-				mode: "abort",
-				// limit abortion to this input
-				port: "autocomplete" + input.name,
-				dataType: options.dataType,
-				url: options.url,
-				data: $.extend({
-					q: options.lastWord(term, null, options.multiple),
-					limit: options.max
-				}, extraParams),
-				success: function(data) {
-					var parsed = options.parse && options.parse(data) || parse(data);
-					cache.add(term, parsed);
-					success(term, parsed);
-				}
-			});
-		} else {
-			// if we have a failure, we need to empty the list -- this prevents the the [TAB] key from selecting the last successful match
-			select.emptyList();
-			failure(term);
-		}
-	};
-
-	function parse(data) {
-		var parsed = [];
-		var rows = data.split("\n");
-		for (var i=0; i < rows.length; i++) {
-			var row = $.trim(rows[i]);
-			if (row) {
-				row = row.split("|");
-				parsed[parsed.length] = {
-					data: row,
-					value: row[0],
-					result: options.formatResult && options.formatResult(row, row[0]) || row[0]
-				};
-			}
-		}
-		return parsed;
-	};
-
-	function stopLoading() {
-		$input.removeClass(options.loadingClass);
-	};
-
-};
-
-$.Autocompleter.defaults = {
-  onLetterTyped : function(event){},
-  lastWord : function(value, crap, multiple) {
-		if ( !multiple )
-			return value;
-		var words = trimWords(value);
-		return words[words.length - 1];
-	},
-	inputClass: "ac_input",
-	resultsClass: "ac_results",
-	loadingClass: "ac_loading",
-  onSelect: function(input, data, formatted){
-		if (select.visible())
-			// position cursor at end of input field
-			$.Autocompleter.Selection(input, input.value.length, input.value.length);
-    input.val(formatted);
-  },
-	minChars: 1,
-	delay: 400,
-	matchCase: false,
-	matchSubset: true,
-	matchContains: false,
-	cacheLength: 10,
-	max: 100,
-	mustMatch: false,
-	extraParams: {},
-	selectFirst: true,
-	formatItem: function(row) { return row[0]; },
-  selectionChanged : function(newItem) {},
-	formatMatch: null,
-	autoFill: false,
-	width: 0,
-	multiple: false,
-	multipleSeparator: ", ",
-  disableRightAndLeft: false,
-	highlight: function(value, term) {
-		return value.replace(new RegExp("(?![^&;]+;)(?!<[^<>]*)(" + term.replace(/([\^\$\(\)\[\]\{\}\*\.\+\?\|\\])/gi, "\\$1") + ")(?![^<>]*>)(?![^&;]+;)", "gi"), "<strong>$1</strong>");
-	},
-    scroll: true,
-    scrollHeight: 180
-};
-$.Autocompleter.defaults.searchTermFromValue = $.Autocompleter.defaults.lastWord;
-
-$.Autocompleter.Cache = function(options) {
-
-	var data = {};
-	var length = 0;
-
-	function matchSubset(s, sub) {
-		if (!options.matchCase)
-			s = s.toLowerCase();
-		var i = s.indexOf(sub);
-		if (options.matchContains == "word"){
-			i = s.toLowerCase().search("\\b" + sub.toLowerCase());
-		}
-		if (i == -1) return false;
-		return i == 0 || options.matchContains;
-	};
-
-	function add(q, value) {
-		if (length > options.cacheLength){
-			flush();
-		}
-		if (!data[q]){
-			length++;
-		}
-		data[q] = value;
-	}
-
-	function populate(){
-		if( !options.data ) return false;
-		// track the matches
-		var stMatchSets = {},
-			nullData = 0;
-
-		// no url was specified, we need to adjust the cache length to make sure it fits the local data store
-		if( !options.url ) options.cacheLength = 1;
-
-		// track all options for minChars = 0
-		stMatchSets[""] = [];
-
-		// loop through the array and create a lookup structure
-		for ( var i = 0, ol = options.data.length; i < ol; i++ ) {
-			var rawValue = options.data[i];
-			// if rawValue is a string, make an array otherwise just reference the array
-			rawValue = (typeof rawValue == "string") ? [rawValue] : rawValue;
-
-			var value = options.formatMatch(rawValue, i+1, options.data.length);
-			if ( value === false )
-				continue;
-
-			var firstChar = value.charAt(0).toLowerCase();
-			// if no lookup array for this character exists, look it up now
-			if( !stMatchSets[firstChar] )
-				stMatchSets[firstChar] = [];
-
-			// if the match is a string
-			var row = {
-				value: value,
-				data: rawValue,
-				result: options.formatResult && options.formatResult(rawValue) || value
-			};
-
-			// push the current match into the set list
-			stMatchSets[firstChar].push(row);
-
-			// keep track of minChars zero items
-			if ( nullData++ < options.max ) {
-				stMatchSets[""].push(row);
-			}
-		};
-
-		// add the data items to the cache
-		$.each(stMatchSets, function(i, value) {
-			// increase the cache size
-			options.cacheLength++;
-			// add to the cache
-			add(i, value);
-		});
-	}
-
-	// populate any existing data
-	setTimeout(populate, 25);
-
-	function flush(){
-		data = {};
-		length = 0;
-	}
-
-	return {
-		flush: flush,
-		add: add,
-		populate: populate,
-		load: function(q) {
-			if (!options.cacheLength || !length)
-				return null;
-			/*
-			 * if dealing w/local data and matchContains than we must make sure
-			 * to loop through all the data collections looking for matches
-			 */
-			if( !options.url && options.matchContains ){
-				// track all matches
-				var csub = [];
-				// loop through all the data grids for matches
-				for( var k in data ){
-					// don't search through the stMatchSets[""] (minChars: 0) cache
-					// this prevents duplicates
-					if( k.length > 0 ){
-						var c = data[k];
-						$.each(c, function(i, x) {
-							// if we've got a match, add it to the array
-							if (matchSubset(x.value, q)) {
-								csub.push(x);
-							}
-						});
-					}
-				}
-				return csub;
-			} else
-			// if the exact item exists, use it
-			if (data[q]){
-				return data[q];
-			} else
-			if (options.matchSubset) {
-				for (var i = q.length - 1; i >= options.minChars; i--) {
-					var c = data[q.substr(0, i)];
-					if (c) {
-						var csub = [];
-						$.each(c, function(i, x) {
-							if (matchSubset(x.value, q)) {
-								csub[csub.length] = x;
-							}
-						});
-						return csub;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			return null;
-		}
-	};
-};
-
-$.Autocompleter.Select = function (options, input, select, config) {
-	var CLASSES = {
-		ACTIVE: "ac_over"
-	};
-
-	var listItems,
-		active = -1,
-		data,
-		term = "",
-		needsInit = true,
-		element,
-		list;
-
-	// Create results
-	function init() {
-		if (!needsInit)
-			return;
-		element = $("<div/>")
-		.hide()
-		.addClass(options.resultsClass)
-		.css("position", "fixed")
-		.appendTo(document.body);
-
-		list = $("<ul/>").appendTo(element).mouseover( function(event) {
-			if(target(event).nodeName && target(event).nodeName.toUpperCase() == 'LI') {
-	            active = $("li", list).removeClass(CLASSES.ACTIVE).index(target(event));
-			    $(target(event)).addClass(CLASSES.ACTIVE);
-	        }
-		}).click(function(event) {
-			$(target(event)).addClass(CLASSES.ACTIVE);
-			select();
-			// TODO provide option to avoid setting focus again after selection? useful for cleanup-on-focus
-			input.focus();
-			return false;
-		}).mousedown(function() {
-			config.mouseDownOnSelect = true;
-		}).mouseup(function() {
-			config.mouseDownOnSelect = false;
-		});
-
-		if( options.width > 0 )
-			element.css("width", options.width);
-
-		needsInit = false;
-	}
-
-	function target(event) {
-		var element = event.target;
-		while(element && element.tagName != "LI")
-			element = element.parentNode;
-		// more fun with IE, sometimes event.target is empty, just ignore it then
-		if(!element)
-			return [];
-		return element;
-	}
-
-	function moveSelect(step) {
-	  listItems.slice(active, active + 1).removeClass(CLASSES.ACTIVE);
-		movePosition(step);
-        var activeItem = listItems.slice(active, active + 1).addClass(CLASSES.ACTIVE);
-        if(options.scroll) {
-            var offset = 0;
-            listItems.slice(0, active).each(function() {
-				offset += this.offsetHeight;
-			});
-            if((offset + activeItem[0].offsetHeight - list.scrollTop()) > list[0].clientHeight) {
-                list.scrollTop(offset + activeItem[0].offsetHeight - list.innerHeight());
-            } else if(offset < list.scrollTop()) {
-                list.scrollTop(offset);
-            }
-        }
-    options.selectionChanged(activeItem);
-	};
-
-	function movePosition(step) {
-		active += step;
-		if (active < 0) {
-			active = listItems.size() - 1;
-		} else if (active >= listItems.size()) {
-			active = 0;
-		}
-	}
-
-	function limitNumberOfItems(available) {
-		return options.max && options.max < available
-			? options.max
-			: available;
-	}
-
-	function fillList() {
-		list.empty();
-		var max = limitNumberOfItems(data.length);
-		for (var i=0; i < max; i++) {
-			if (!data[i])
-				continue;
-			var formatted = options.formatItem(data[i].data, i+1, max, data[i].value, term);
-			if ( formatted === false )
-				continue;
-			var li = $("<li/>").html( options.highlight(formatted, term) ).addClass(i%2 == 0 ? "ac_even" : "ac_odd").appendTo(list)[0];
-			$.data(li, "ac_data", data[i]);
-		}
-		listItems = list.find("li");
-		if ( options.selectFirst ) {
-			listItems.slice(0, 1).addClass(CLASSES.ACTIVE);
-			active = 0;
-		}
-		// apply bgiframe if available
-		if ( $.fn.bgiframe )
-			list.bgiframe();
-	}
-
-	return {
-		display: function(d, q) {
-			init();
-			data = d;
-			term = q;
-			fillList();
-		},
-		next: function() {
-			moveSelect(1);
-		},
-		prev: function() {
-			moveSelect(-1);
-		},
-		pageUp: function() {
-			if (active != 0 && active - 8 < 0) {
-				moveSelect( -active );
-			} else {
-				moveSelect(-8);
-			}
-		},
-		pageDown: function() {
-			if (active != listItems.size() - 1 && active + 8 > listItems.size()) {
-				moveSelect( listItems.size() - 1 - active );
-			} else {
-				moveSelect(8);
-			}
-		},
-		hide: function() {
-			element && element.hide();
-			listItems && listItems.removeClass(CLASSES.ACTIVE);
-			active = -1;
-		},
-		visible : function() {
-			return element && element.is(":visible");
-		},
-		current: function() {
-			return this.visible() && (listItems.filter("." + CLASSES.ACTIVE)[0] || options.selectFirst && listItems[0]);
-		},
-		show: function() {
-			var offset = $(input).offset();
-			element.css({
-				width: typeof options.width == "string" || options.width > 0 ? options.width : $(input).width(),
-				top: offset.top + input.offsetHeight - $("nav.navbar").offset().top,
-				left: offset.left
-			}).show();
-            if(options.scroll) {
-                list.scrollTop(0);
-                list.css({
-					maxHeight: options.scrollHeight,
-					overflow: 'auto'
-				});
-
-                if($.browser.msie && typeof document.body.style.maxHeight === "undefined") {
-					var listHeight = 0;
-					listItems.each(function() {
-						listHeight += this.offsetHeight;
-					});
-					var scrollbarsVisible = listHeight > options.scrollHeight;
-                    list.css('height', scrollbarsVisible ? options.scrollHeight : listHeight );
-					if (!scrollbarsVisible) {
-						// IE doesn't recalculate width when scrollbar disappears
-						listItems.width( list.width() - parseInt(listItems.css("padding-left")) - parseInt(listItems.css("padding-right")) );
-					}
-                }
-
-            }
-		},
-		selected: function() {
-			var selected = listItems && listItems.filter("." + CLASSES.ACTIVE).removeClass(CLASSES.ACTIVE);
-			return selected && selected.length && $.data(selected[0], "ac_data");
-		},
-		emptyList: function (){
-			list && list.empty();
-		},
-		unbind: function() {
-			element && element.remove();
-		}
-	};
-};
-
-$.Autocompleter.Selection = function(field, start, end) {
-	if( field.createTextRange ){
-		var selRange = field.createTextRange();
-		selRange.collapse(true);
-		selRange.moveStart("character", start);
-		selRange.moveEnd("character", end);
-		selRange.select();
-	} else if( field.setSelectionRange ){
-		field.setSelectionRange(start, end);
-	} else {
-		if( field.selectionStart ){
-			field.selectionStart = start;
-			field.selectionEnd = end;
-		}
-	}
-	field.focus();
-};
-
-})(jQuery);