I asked him one time what he packed on his bike. He said he never packed anything that didn't have at least two uses. A hunting knife, for instance, can spread butter, open cans, and defend you in a fight. Although I never made a transcontinental bike trek and try to avoid fights with hunting knives, I often use my brother's philosophy when choosing tools. Fireworks, however, was made for the Web.
Nothing is written in stone.
With this feature I have reduced some 25K jpgs down to 5K with almost no noticable picture distortion. But the biggest leap forward for Fireworks is that it is vector based, unlike Photoshop. Form and content are finally separate. The interactive tutorial that comes with Fireworks is informative but will not get you past this learning curve, nor does it even hint at the power and flexibility that you will experience with Fireworks if you learn it completely. I overcame the learning curve in a week with the book Fireworks 3 Visual Quickstart Guide .