I have an older version of Fireworks which I really like for prototyping but I tried out CS3 and love the "Pages" feature. I'm thinking about buying but would prefer to get CS4...anyone know their release timeline for Fireworks CS4?
Paul On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Jennifer Quigley < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been using CS4 for months now throughout the private beta, > sometimes as much as ten hours per day and both the Mac (new mac) and > the Windows versions (XP and Vista). > > Returning to CS3, if even for a day has become quite painful. > Everyone in the private beta is very excited about CS4. > > One major plus is the new progress bar and the ability to continue > working while saving. > > I like the tool tips that appear adjacent to the cursor while I draw. > No more peering off to the side and into the properties panel. The > answer is now before my eyes. > > Smart guides is another favorite and saves me time when creating > markup for the development team. I'm not much of an extension > writer, though I hope to see someone develop an extension that > utilizes the whole page data of the smart guides, and renders its > visualization in a new layer of vector and text instantly, reducing > my markup time to making a few notes. Any extension writers out > there? > > The CSS export feature performs much better. The key is not to > overlap items, which keeps you from slipping into absolute > positioning. (I have used this at work.) > > The properties panel now holds properties, symbol properties, and > auto shape properties, which just makes organizational sense and a > better use of the UI real estate. > > Styles are linked to objects. If you update a style, just like a > symbol, the changes will apply throughout the document. You can break > the style linking to keep specific objects from the update. The styles > panel has also improved with a picker that lists the style libraries > you use separately, as well as a selection for the current document > so you can see what you have actually used > > There is a create air package that's rather convenient. > > Pages are now numbered, which adjusts as you shift the order of > pages. > > Overall the UI is much sweeter and gets out of my way when I want it > to, which is crucial for those laptop only times. > > I could go on for at least an hour, but I have to go to work. > > Have a good day all, and I hope everyone is enthused as I about the > FW CS4. > > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=29535 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
