[nzonbi]

I used to be like that, until I tried Inkscape in Ubuntu.

Past the learning curve, and you will never need Fireworks again.

[mvts]

Hm yeah I recently discovered Xara Xtreme, what seems to be quite similar to Fireworks from my point of view. I once tried Inkscape but it literally grossed me out just like photoshop did. Maybe eventually I'll give it another try.