[Sigia-l] Fireworks MX 2004 as a prototyping tool

[David Heller]

I am amzed by Ziya's endorsement ... But I just want o 2nd it.
But I have discovered Fireworks years ago (v. 2 I think) and I want to say
that the only thing missing from making fireworks a viable prototyping tool
is that it doesn't have libraries that I have seen. Am I wrong? And if I
could use the same libraries for fireworks as I could in Flash, then it
would be a no brainer. The real question is, why not just prototype directly
in Flash. ;) ... Well, the drawing isn't as good and the layering isn't as
controlled. Its just not meant for it. But Fireworks also has another
advantage and that is in my experience that it exports the same files a lot
smaller in size.

The only thing I like photoshop for over Fireworks is photomanipulation.
Seriously that's it. PS is much better for taking my digital photos or scans
and cleaning them up, but I do have to say that FW is getting better and
better at this as well.

-- dave