&gt; that is seemingly limitless in what it does and can do<p>With great power comes terrible debugging!<p>Have you checked out rBokeh?  Full browser interactivity, support for many more points than D3 (and way more if you turn on webGL), support for both server-based and serverless interactivity, all straight from R.  <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hafen.github.io&#x2F;rbokeh&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hafen.github.io&#x2F;rbokeh&#x2F;</a>