diff --git a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widget.js b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widget.js
index 2b39b0d..e7c667d 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widget.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widget.js
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 //============================================================================
-// Cell
+// Widget and WidgetManager bases
 //============================================================================
 /**
- * An extendable module that provide base functionnality to create cell for notebook.
+ * Base Widget classes
  * @module IPython
  * @namespace IPython
  * @submodule widget
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         var msg_types = ['widget_create', 'widget_destroy', 'widget_update'];
         for (var i = 0; i < msg_types.length; i++) {
             var msg_type = msg_types[i];
-            kernel.register_iopub_handler(msg_type, $.proxy(this['handle_' + msg_type], this));
+            kernel.register_iopub_handler(msg_type, $.proxy(this[msg_type], this));
         }
     };
     
@@ -44,10 +44,8 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         this.widget_types[widget_type] = constructor;
     };
     
-    WidgetManager.prototype.handle_widget_create = function (msg) {
+    WidgetManager.prototype.widget_create = function (msg) {
         var content = msg.content;
-        console.log("handle create", content);
-        console.log(this.widget_types);
         var constructor = this.widget_types[content.widget_type];
         if (constructor === undefined) {
             console.log("No such widget type registered: ", content.widget_type);
@@ -58,9 +56,8 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         this.widgets[content.widget_id] = widget;
     };
     
-    WidgetManager.prototype.handle_widget_destroy = function (msg) {
+    WidgetManager.prototype.widget_destroy = function (msg) {
         var content = msg.content;
-        console.log("handle destroy", content);
         var widget = this.widgets[content.widget_id];
         if (widget === undefined) {
             return;
@@ -69,9 +66,8 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         widget.handle_destroy(content.data);
     };
     
-    WidgetManager.prototype.handle_widget_update = function (msg) {
+    WidgetManager.prototype.widget_update = function (msg) {
         var content = msg.content;
-        console.log("handle update", content);
         var widget = this.widgets[content.widget_id];
         if (widget === undefined) {
             return;
@@ -84,27 +80,22 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     var Widget = function (kernel, content) {
-        console.log('widget!', this, kernel, content);
         this.kernel = kernel;
+        if (!content) return;
         this.widget_id = content.widget_id;
         this.handle_create(content.data);
     };
     
     Widget.prototype.handle_create = function (data) {
-        // base class init does nothing
-        console.log("handle_create", this, data);
     };
     
     Widget.prototype.handle_update = function (data) {
-        console.log("handle_update", this, data);
     };
     
     Widget.prototype.handle_destroy = function (data) {
-        console.log("handle_destroy", this, data);
     };
     
     Widget.prototype.update = function (data) {
-        console.log("update", this, data);
         var content = {
             widget_id : this.widget_id,
             data : data,
@@ -114,7 +105,6 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
     
     
     Widget.prototype.destroy = function (data) {
-        console.log("destroy", this, data);
         var content = {
             widget_id : this.widget_id,
             data : data,