I think it's a bit of a stretch to say that your opinion of ggplot2 is unanimous. Obviously I'm rather biased, but I think there is some evidence to suggest tha

I think it's a bit of a stretch to say that your opinion of ggplot2 is unanimous. Obviously I'm rather biased, but I think there is some evidence to suggest that once you understand the grammar of graphics based approach, you can create many EDA graphics faster with ggplot2 than base or lattice. Tweaking plots for presentation is obviously more challenging, but I think it's a challenge with every graphics system.