Re:Designers read this and developers will love you
by robszumski on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @12:29PM
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The Illustrator-style layer selection is enough of a reason to use Fireworks over Photoshop. You spend more time trying to navigate the layers in a PSD than actually designing. Drives me crazy.
Re:Designers read this and developers will love you
by twfarland on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @01:51PM
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Check this first: http://www.pixelmator.com/ - works like a lighter/prettier Fireworks, currently only 30 bucks, and no annoying licensing thingy. Mac-only, but most designers are on mac anyway.
Re:Designers read this and developers will love you
by jaysonelliot on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @11:51AM
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I'd like to talk to you about this. Drop me a line on gmail, it's jayson.elliot
This is a constant frustration for web designers. Photoshop allows you to create fantastic visual effects, but the layout tools are abysmal. Fireworks is well... Fireworks – Adobe's "redheaded stepchild" in the tool chain. It's buggy with a slow, horrible UI. While some of Fireworks tools solve some of the layout problems (nine slice scaling, better vectors, grouping), their lack of decent masking and the horrible color picker and WTF interface actually slows designers down to where it become a draw.