diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/outputarea.js b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/outputarea.js
index f38e5abe7..38fe50316 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/outputarea.js
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/outputarea.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
             this.prompt_area = true;
         } else {
             this.prompt_area = prompt_area;
-        };
+        }
         this.create_elements();
         this.style();
         this.bind_events();
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
                 this.collapse_button.show();
             }
             this.collapsed = true;
-        };
+        }
     };
 
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
             this.element.show();
             this.prompt_overlay.show();
             this.collapsed = false;
-        };
+        }
     };
 
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
             this.expand();
         } else {
             this.collapse();
-        };
+        }
     };
 
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         if (this._should_scroll(lines)) {
             // only allow scrolling long-enough output
             this.scroll_area();
-        };
+        }
     };
 
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         } else {
             // only allow scrolling long-enough output
             this.scroll_if_long(20);
-        };
+        }
     };
 
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
             json.ename = content.ename;
             json.evalue = content.evalue;
             json.traceback = content.traceback;
-        };
+        }
         // append with dynamic=true
         this.append_output(json, true);
     };
@@ -194,25 +194,25 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
     OutputArea.prototype.convert_mime_types = function (json, data) {
         if (data['text/plain'] !== undefined) {
             json.text = data['text/plain'];
-        };
+        }
         if (data['text/html'] !== undefined) {
             json.html = data['text/html'];
-        };
+        }
         if (data['image/svg+xml'] !== undefined) {
             json.svg = data['image/svg+xml'];
-        };
+        }
         if (data['image/png'] !== undefined) {
             json.png = data['image/png'];
-        };
+        }
         if (data['image/jpeg'] !== undefined) {
             json.jpeg = data['image/jpeg'];
-        };
+        }
         if (data['text/latex'] !== undefined) {
             json.latex = data['text/latex'];
-        };
+        }
         if (data['application/json'] !== undefined) {
             json.json = data['application/json'];
-        };
+        }
         if (data['application/javascript'] !== undefined) {
             json.javascript = data['application/javascript'];
         }
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
             this.append_display_data(json, dynamic);
         } else if (json.output_type === 'stream') {
             this.append_stream(json);
-        };
+        }
         this.outputs.push(json);
         var that = this;
         setTimeout(function(){that.element.trigger('resize');}, 100);
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         // If we just output latex, typeset it.
         if ((json.latex !== undefined) || (json.html !== undefined)) {
             this.typeset();
-        };
+        }
     };
 
 
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
             var toinsert = this.create_output_area();
             this.append_text(s, toinsert);
             this.element.append(toinsert);
-        };
+        }
     };
 
 
@@ -322,26 +322,23 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         // If we just output latex, typeset it.
         if ( (json.latex !== undefined) || (json.html !== undefined) ) {
             this.typeset();
-        };
+        }
     };
 
+    OutputArea.display_order = ['javascript','html','latex','svg','png','jpeg','text'];
 
     OutputArea.prototype.append_mime_type = function (json, element, dynamic) {
-        if (json.javascript !== undefined && dynamic) {
-            this.append_javascript(json.javascript, element, dynamic);
-        } else if (json.html !== undefined) {
-            this.append_html(json.html, element);
-        } else if (json.latex !== undefined) {
-            this.append_latex(json.latex, element);
-        } else if (json.svg !== undefined) {
-            this.append_svg(json.svg, element);
-        } else if (json.png !== undefined) {
-            this.append_png(json.png, element);
-        } else if (json.jpeg !== undefined) {
-            this.append_jpeg(json.jpeg, element);
-        } else if (json.text !== undefined) {
-            this.append_text(json.text, element);
-        };
+        for(var type_i in OutputArea.display_order){
+            var type = OutputArea.display_order[type_i];
+            if(json[type] != undefined ){
+                if(type == 'javascript' && dynamic){
+                    this.append_javascript(json.javascript, element, dynamic);
+                } else {
+                    this['append_'+type](json[type], element);
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+        }
     };
 
 
@@ -373,7 +370,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
                 .addClass('js-error')
                 );
         }
-    }
+    };
 
 
     OutputArea.prototype.append_text = function (data, element, extra_class) {
@@ -408,7 +405,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
             if (!(h0 && w0)) {
                 // zero size, schedule another timeout
                 that._dblclick_to_reset_size(img);
-                return
+                return;
             }
             img.resizable({
                 aspectRatio: true,
@@ -422,7 +419,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
                 img.width(w0);
             });
         }, 250);
-    }
+    };
 
 
     OutputArea.prototype.append_png = function (png, element) {
@@ -454,7 +451,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
 
     OutputArea.prototype.handle_clear_output = function (content) {
         this.clear_output(content.stdout, content.stderr, content.other);
-    }
+    };
 
 
     OutputArea.prototype.clear_output = function (stdout, stderr, other) {
@@ -527,8 +524,8 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
             clearTimeout(this.clear_out_timeout);
             this.clear_out_timeout = null;
             this.clear_output_callback(this._clear_stdout, this._clear_stderr, this._clear_other);
-        };
-    }
+        }
+    };
 
 
     // JSON serialization
@@ -538,7 +535,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         for (var i=0; i<len; i++) {
             // append with dynamic=false.
             this.append_output(outputs[i], false);
-        };
+        }
     };
 
 
@@ -547,7 +544,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         var len = this.outputs.length;
         for (var i=0; i<len; i++) {
             outputs[i] = this.outputs[i];
-        };
+        }
         return outputs;
     };