diff --git a/src/backends/plotly.jl b/src/backends/plotly.jl
index a3bcec14..9c1841ee 100644
--- a/src/backends/plotly.jl
+++ b/src/backends/plotly.jl
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ end
 const _plotly_js_path = joinpath(dirname(@__FILE__), "..", "..", "deps", "plotly-latest.min.js")
 const _plotly_js_path_remote = "https://cdn.plot.ly/plotly-latest.min.js"
 
-_js_code = open(readstring, _plotly_js_path, "r")
+_js_code = open(read, _plotly_js_path, "r")
 
 # borrowed from https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/blob/2594076e29584ede2d09f2aa40a8a195b3f3fc66/plotly/offline/offline.py#L64-L71 c/o @spencerlyon2
 _js_script = """
diff --git a/src/components.jl b/src/components.jl
index 8635c71b..c9b03d41 100644
--- a/src/components.jl
+++ b/src/components.jl
@@ -523,9 +523,12 @@ mutable struct EachAnn
     x
     y
 end
-Base.start(ea::EachAnn) = 1
-Base.done(ea::EachAnn, i) = ea.anns == nothing || isempty(ea.anns.strs) || i > length(ea.y)
-function Base.next(ea::EachAnn, i)
+
+function Base.iterate(ea::EachAnn, i = 1)
+    if ea.anns == nothing || isempty(ea.anns.strs) || i > length(ea.y)
+        return nothing
+    end
+
     tmp = _cycle(ea.anns.strs,i)
     str,fnt = if isa(tmp, PlotText)
         tmp.str, tmp.font
diff --git a/src/layouts.jl b/src/layouts.jl
index 8999cf62..924f571d 100644
--- a/src/layouts.jl
+++ b/src/layouts.jl
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ to_pixels(m::AbsoluteLength) = m.value / 0.254
 
 const _cbar_width = 5mm
 
-Base.broadcast(::typeof(Base.:.*), m::Measure, n::Number) = m * n
-Base.broadcast(::typeof(Base.:.*), m::Number, n::Measure) = m * n
+#Base.broadcast(::typeof(Base.:.*), m::Measure, n::Number) = m * n
+#Base.broadcast(::typeof(Base.:.*), m::Number, n::Measure) = m * n
 Base.:-(m::Measure, a::AbstractArray) = map(ai -> m - ai, a)
 Base.:-(a::AbstractArray, m::Measure) = map(ai -> ai - m, a)
 Base.zero(::Type{typeof(mm)}) = 0mm
diff --git a/src/output.jl b/src/output.jl
index 085876fb..7c762d6b 100644
--- a/src/output.jl
+++ b/src/output.jl
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ function _show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/html", plt::Plot)
     end
 end
 
-# delegate mimewritable (showable on julia 0.7) to _show instead
-function Base.mimewritable(m::M, plt::P) where {M<:MIME, P<:Plot}
+# delegate showable to _show instead
+function Base.showable(m::M, plt::P) where {M<:MIME, P<:Plot}
     return hasmethod(_show, Tuple{IO, M, P})
 end
 
diff --git a/src/types.jl b/src/types.jl
index fde75008..c9ae2f24 100644
--- a/src/types.jl
+++ b/src/types.jl
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ end
 
 Base.getindex(plt::Plot, i::Integer) = plt.subplots[i]
 Base.length(plt::Plot) = length(plt.subplots)
-Base.endof(plt::Plot) = length(plt)
+Base.lastindex(plt::Plot) = length(plt)
 
 Base.getindex(plt::Plot, r::Integer, c::Integer) = plt.layout[r,c]
 Base.size(plt::Plot) = size(plt.layout)
@@ -99,6 +99,6 @@ Base.ndims(plt::Plot) = 2
 # attr!(plt::Plot, v, k::Symbol) = (plt.attr[k] = v)
 
 Base.getindex(sp::Subplot, i::Integer) = series_list(sp)[i]
-Base.endof(sp::Subplot) = length(series_list(sp))
+Base.lastindex(sp::Subplot) = length(series_list(sp))
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index 591b0e8e..e816dd51 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -215,15 +215,12 @@ anynan(i::Int, args::Tuple) = any(a -> try isnan(_cycle(a,i)) catch MethodError
 anynan(istart::Int, iend::Int, args::Tuple) = any(i -> anynan(i, args), istart:iend)
 allnan(istart::Int, iend::Int, args::Tuple) = all(i -> anynan(i, args), istart:iend)
 
-function Base.start(itr::SegmentsIterator)
-    nextidx = 1
-    if !any(isempty,itr.args) && anynan(1, itr.args)
-        _, nextidx = next(itr, 1)
+function Base.iterate(itr::SegmentsIterator, nextidx::Int = 1)
+    nextidx > itr.n && return nothing
+    if nextidx == 1 && !any(isempty,itr.args) && anynan(1, itr.args)
+        nextidx = 2
     end
-    nextidx
-end
-Base.done(itr::SegmentsIterator, nextidx::Int) = nextidx > itr.n
-function Base.next(itr::SegmentsIterator, nextidx::Int)
+
     i = istart = iend = nextidx
 
     # find the next NaN, and iend is the one before