Not only does this let you quickly reuse images, but it also preserves the JavaScript code for buttons. A new wizard automates the process of creating a rollover button. Surprisingly, the wizard is actually more powerful than the Behaviors palette, because it can save the button to the Symbol library, generate a precise slice for each button, and move the slice object along with the button when the layout changes. Click to view screen shot. Most impressively, you no longer have to exit Fireworks to access image correction filters.
Fireworks now cooperates more fully with other graphics programs.
Fireworks also exports vector data in either Illustrator 7 or Flash SWF format. We found the two products to be stable, but we do have a few caveats to report. Despite Macromedia's minimum requirements, the advanced functions require substantial horsepower. We also found glitches in some of the sample JavaScript commands. For example, the Photo Album JavaScript command in Dreamweaver will execute properly only if Fireworks is not open.