Adobe is going to kill Fireworks

Somewhat makes sense to me. I haven't used Fireworks in a long time and I'm not a designer, but it seemed like it was a user friendly hybrid of Photoshop (for raster) and Illustrator (for vector.) It seemed that together Photoshop and Illustrator could do everything you needed for the web, but that required a lot bigger payment, a lot of controls you didn't use, another software program and there were some minor things that weren't quite as smooth for web (aside from the UI.) I'm surprised Fireworks has lasted this long.

Re: Adobe is going to kill Fireworks

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Post by neovive » Mon, May 06, 2013, 12:48 PM UTC

Sorry to hear this news. First Google Reader and now Fireworks! The writing has been on the wall for many years, but it is still quite upsetting. I've been a heavy user of Fireworks since version 1 since it really gets the job done vs. Photoshop for layouts, slicing and exporting. The workflow for web design just feels faster when compared to Photoshop. The combined vector/bitmap flow is unparalleled and Photoshop layers feel quite slow for simple web workflows. I can go months without opening Photoshop and it feels like a beast when I do. Hopefully, Adobe can make a "Fireworks"-friendly or "Web Design" workspace in PS.

Fireworks fits an excellent niche, which is probably why Adobe likely won't sell it. I really liked some the new version 6 features, such as instantly turning designs in CSS3.

Sorry to see you go FW.

Re: Adobe is going to kill Fireworks

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Post by jvzr » Mon, May 06, 2013, 12:50 PM UTC

thehodge wrote: post #2

I really hope this isn't true, I've yet to find a replacement for fireworks either open or paid

If you work on a Mac, Sketch is a worthy replacement: http://www.bohemiancoding.com/sketch/

Re: Adobe is going to kill Fireworks

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Post by quink » Mon, May 06, 2013, 12:50 PM UTC

The perfect combination of vector and bitmap editing. I love Fireworks. My guess is that Adobe just couldn't figure out how to make it better. It was already pretty much all it needed to be by about Fireworks MX. And it remains, to this day, a very different codebase.

User-friendly but quite powerful behind the scenes. I could never get the hang of Photoshop or Illustrator. Sure, Photoshop may have features or Illustrator knows how to do text flow, but if you have creativity and you know what you want, then Fireworks does everything possible to get out of your way yet is even intuitive for beginners with the same UI. Everything is discoverable, all the features are quite orthogonal to each other and it throws open how ridiculous the need to choose between vector and bitmap everywhere else really is.

If this turns out to be true, it's a sad day.