I am really happy to hear that, thanks a lot for your efforts!
I really think having interactive plots for rapid prototyping/outlier inspection/plot design and then being able to use the same code to produce static, publication grade graphs or doing batch processing, will allow for a really efficient workflow!
Good suggestion!
Unfortunately I found SVG in ppt problematic/slow when plotting many objects (think 1mio points) and sometimes details can be messed up - so rendering to bitmaps is still preferred.
Really good stuff and addresses many issues I had, eg documentation and jupyter compatibility.
I hope the static image export gets a bit streamlined - being able to quickly & programmatically export graphs to png is really something I did not find easy from python with plotly so far. Yet it is definitely crucial eg to send a high quality image to the boss for a PowerPoint slide or to save 100s of png images for quick visual quality checks.
So I am really looking forward to give the new version a spin!
I really believe the term "open source" should be avoided if the project is not under an real open source licence: https://opensource.org/osd
E.g. this uses a "Creative Commons BY-NC-ND" license which contains:
"NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material".
So it restricts some rights that one would usually expect from an "open source" project, which can be confusing (https://opensource.org/faq#avoid-unapproved-licenses)