diff --git a/REQUIRE b/REQUIRE
index 67e5f781..9cced79d 100644
--- a/REQUIRE
+++ b/REQUIRE
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ RecipesBase
 PlotUtils
 PlotThemes
 Reexport
-FixedSizeArrays
 Measures
 Showoff
+StaticArrays
diff --git a/src/Plots.jl b/src/Plots.jl
index c957ab8a..7522d28b 100644
--- a/src/Plots.jl
+++ b/src/Plots.jl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ __precompile__(true)
 module Plots
 
 using Reexport
-using FixedSizeArrays
+using StaticArrays
 @reexport using RecipesBase
 using Base.Meta
 @reexport using PlotUtils
diff --git a/src/backends.jl b/src/backends.jl
index 779b91cc..740a8dda 100644
--- a/src/backends.jl
+++ b/src/backends.jl
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ macro init_backend(s)
         export $sym
         $sym(; kw...) = (default(; kw...); backend(Symbol($str)))
         backend_name(::$T) = Symbol($str)
+        backend_package_name(::$T) = Symbol("Plots", string(s))
         push!(_backends, Symbol($str))
         _backendType[Symbol($str)] = $T
         _backendSymbol[$T] = Symbol($str)
-        include("backends/" * $str * ".jl")
+        # include("backends/" * $str * ".jl")
     end)
 end
 
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ function pickDefaultBackend()
     # the ordering/inclusion of this package list is my semi-arbitrary guess at
     # which one someone will want to use if they have the package installed...accounting for
     # features, speed, and robustness
-    for pkgstr in ("PyPlot", "GR", "PlotlyJS", "Immerse", "Gadfly", "UnicodePlots")
+    for pkgstr in ("GR", "PlotlyJS", "PyPlot", "UnicodePlots")
         if Pkg.installed(pkgstr) != nothing
             return backend(Symbol(lowercase(pkgstr)))
         end
@@ -263,23 +264,32 @@ function merge_with_base_supported(v::AVec)
 end
 
 
-
-# @init_backend Immerse
-# @init_backend Gadfly
-@init_backend PyPlot
-# @init_backend Qwt
-@init_backend UnicodePlots
-# @init_backend Winston
-# @init_backend Bokeh
+# @init_backend PyPlot
+# @init_backend UnicodePlots
 @init_backend Plotly
-@init_backend PlotlyJS
+# @init_backend PlotlyJS
 @init_backend GR
-@init_backend GLVisualize
-@init_backend PGFPlots
-@init_backend InspectDR
+# @init_backend GLVisualize
+# @init_backend PGFPlots
+# @init_backend InspectDR
+
+_initialize_backend(::PlotlyBackend) = include("backends/plotly.jl")
+
+function _initialize_backend(b::AbstractBackend)
+    bname = backend_name(b)
+    @eval import $(backend_package_name(b))
+end
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------
 
+const _attr = KW()
+const _seriestype = KW()
+const _marker = KW()
+const _style = KW()
+const _scale = KW()
+
+using Base.Meta
+
 # create the various `is_xxx_supported` and `supported_xxxs` methods
 # by default they pass through to checking membership in `_gr_xxx`
 for s in (:attr, :seriestype, :marker, :style, :scale)
@@ -294,13 +304,38 @@ for s in (:attr, :seriestype, :marker, :style, :scale)
 
     for bend in backends()
         bend_type = typeof(_backend_instance(bend))
-        v = Symbol("_", bend, "_", s)
+        # v = Symbol("_", bend, "_", s)
+        v = Symbol("_", s)
         @eval begin
-            $f(::$bend_type, $s::Symbol) = $s in $v
-            $f2(::$bend_type) = $v
+            $f(::$bend_type, $s::Symbol) = $s in $v[$(quot(bend))]
+            $f2(::$bend_type) = $v[$(quot(bend))]
         end
     end
 end
 
-# is_subplot_supported(::AbstractBackend) = false
-# is_subplot_supported() = is_subplot_supported(backend())
+# ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+# # create the various `is_xxx_supported` and `supported_xxxs` methods
+# # by default they pass through to checking membership in `_gr_xxx`
+# for s in (:attr, :seriestype, :marker, :style, :scale)
+#     f = Symbol("is_", s, "_supported")
+#     f2 = Symbol("supported_", s, "s")
+#     @eval begin
+#         $f(::AbstractBackend, $s) = false
+#         $f(bend::AbstractBackend, $s::AbstractVector) = all(v -> $f(bend, v), $s)
+#         $f($s) = $f(backend(), $s)
+#         $f2() = $f2(backend())
+#     end
+#
+#     for bend in backends()
+#         bend_type = typeof(_backend_instance(bend))
+#         v = Symbol("_", bend, "_", s)
+#         @eval begin
+#             $f(::$bend_type, $s::Symbol) = $s in $v
+#             $f2(::$bend_type) = $v
+#         end
+#     end
+# end
+#
+# # is_subplot_supported(::AbstractBackend) = false
+# # is_subplot_supported() = is_subplot_supported(backend())
diff --git a/src/components.jl b/src/components.jl
index bbb2f9c2..9777977b 100644
--- a/src/components.jl
+++ b/src/components.jl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 
-typealias P2 FixedSizeArrays.Vec{2,Float64}
-typealias P3 FixedSizeArrays.Vec{3,Float64}
+typealias P2 StaticArrays.SVector{2,Float64}
+typealias P3 StaticArrays.SVector{3,Float64}
 
 nanpush!(a::AbstractVector{P2}, b) = (push!(a, P2(NaN,NaN)); push!(a, b))
 nanappend!(a::AbstractVector{P2}, b) = (push!(a, P2(NaN,NaN)); append!(a, b))
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ end
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-type BezierCurve{T <: FixedSizeArrays.Vec}
+type BezierCurve{T <: StaticArrays.SVector}
     control_points::Vector{T}
 end
 
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ function (bc::BezierCurve)(t::Real)
 end
 
 Base.mean(x::Real, y::Real) = 0.5*(x+y)
-Base.mean{N,T<:Real}(ps::FixedSizeArrays.Vec{N,T}...) = sum(ps) / length(ps)
+Base.mean{N,T<:Real}(ps::StaticArrays.SVector{N,T}...) = sum(ps) / length(ps)
 
 @deprecate curve_points coords
 
diff --git a/src/series.jl b/src/series.jl
index f7233c1a..fe940734 100644
--- a/src/series.jl
+++ b/src/series.jl
@@ -482,13 +482,13 @@ end
 
 #
 # # 2D FixedSizeArrays
-@recipe f{T<:Number}(xy::AVec{FixedSizeArrays.Vec{2,T}}) = unzip(xy)
-@recipe f{T<:Number}(xy::FixedSizeArrays.Vec{2,T})       = [xy[1]], [xy[2]]
+@recipe f{T<:Number}(xy::AVec{StaticArrays.SVector{2,T}}) = unzip(xy)
+@recipe f{T<:Number}(xy::StaticArrays.SVector{2,T})       = [xy[1]], [xy[2]]
 
 #
 # # 3D FixedSizeArrays
-@recipe f{T<:Number}(xyz::AVec{FixedSizeArrays.Vec{3,T}}) = unzip(xyz)
-@recipe f{T<:Number}(xyz::FixedSizeArrays.Vec{3,T})       = [xyz[1]], [xyz[2]], [xyz[3]]
+@recipe f{T<:Number}(xyz::AVec{StaticArrays.SVector{3,T}}) = unzip(xyz)
+@recipe f{T<:Number}(xyz::StaticArrays.SVector{3,T})       = [xyz[1]], [xyz[2]], [xyz[3]]
 
 #
 # # --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index da1d1cb6..967893fd 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -271,14 +271,14 @@ unzip{X,Y}(xy::AVec{Tuple{X,Y}})              = [t[1] for t in xy], [t[2] for t
 unzip{X,Y,Z}(xyz::AVec{Tuple{X,Y,Z}})         = [t[1] for t in xyz], [t[2] for t in xyz], [t[3] for t in xyz]
 unzip{X,Y,U,V}(xyuv::AVec{Tuple{X,Y,U,V}})    = [t[1] for t in xyuv], [t[2] for t in xyuv], [t[3] for t in xyuv], [t[4] for t in xyuv]
 
-unzip{T}(xy::AVec{FixedSizeArrays.Vec{2,T}})  = T[t[1] for t in xy], T[t[2] for t in xy]
-unzip{T}(xy::FixedSizeArrays.Vec{2,T})        = T[xy[1]], T[xy[2]]
+unzip{T}(xy::AVec{StaticArrays.SVector{2,T}})  = T[t[1] for t in xy], T[t[2] for t in xy]
+unzip{T}(xy::StaticArrays.SVector{2,T})        = T[xy[1]], T[xy[2]]
 
-unzip{T}(xyz::AVec{FixedSizeArrays.Vec{3,T}}) = T[t[1] for t in xyz], T[t[2] for t in xyz], T[t[3] for t in xyz]
-unzip{T}(xyz::FixedSizeArrays.Vec{3,T})       = T[xyz[1]], T[xyz[2]], T[xyz[3]]
+unzip{T}(xyz::AVec{StaticArrays.SVector{3,T}}) = T[t[1] for t in xyz], T[t[2] for t in xyz], T[t[3] for t in xyz]
+unzip{T}(xyz::StaticArrays.SVector{3,T})       = T[xyz[1]], T[xyz[2]], T[xyz[3]]
 
-unzip{T}(xyuv::AVec{FixedSizeArrays.Vec{4,T}}) = T[t[1] for t in xyuv], T[t[2] for t in xyuv], T[t[3] for t in xyuv], T[t[4] for t in xyuv]
-unzip{T}(xyuv::FixedSizeArrays.Vec{4,T})       = T[xyuv[1]], T[xyuv[2]], T[xyuv[3]], T[xyuv[4]]
+unzip{T}(xyuv::AVec{StaticArrays.SVector{4,T}}) = T[t[1] for t in xyuv], T[t[2] for t in xyuv], T[t[3] for t in xyuv], T[t[4] for t in xyuv]
+unzip{T}(xyuv::StaticArrays.SVector{4,T})       = T[xyuv[1]], T[xyuv[2]], T[xyuv[3]], T[xyuv[4]]
 
 # given 2-element lims and a vector of data x, widen lims to account for the extrema of x
 function _expand_limits(lims, x)