[tomwilson]

> Photoshop isn't perfect, but it knocks Fireworks' socks off in every aspect: automation, formats, shortcuts, UI, precision, etc.

Automation? Not really. The scripting Apis for both are similar. Plus symbols and styles are way more useful for UI design than smart objects. Plus you can find and replace colours. Woot.

Formats? Who cares. Fireworks does the ones that matter for web/app design.

Shortcuts? Subjective. Can customise pretty much anything.

UI I might give you. Fireworks is a bit odd in some ways.

Precision - not a chance..fireworks lets you type in the exact size of stuff you want oh so easily..

You should try fireworks sometime, it's pretty awesome.

As a dev, I love receiving a design in fireworks. It's almost a joy to work with when extracting all the bits I need. Photoshop is a pita (though I have written a bunch of scripts I use there to make it slightly less painful).