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 .. plot:: mpl_examples/showcase/xkcd.py
 
+WebAgg backend
+--------------
+
+Michael Droettboom, Phil Elson and others have developed a new
+backend, WebAgg, to display figures in a web browser.  It works with
+animations as well as being fully interactive.
+
+.. image:: _static/webagg_screenshot.png
+
+Future versions of matplotlib will integrate this backend with the
+IPython notebook for a fully web browser based plotting frontend.
+
 Path effects on lines
 ---------------------
 Thanks to Jae-Joon Lee, path effects now also work on plot lines.