Adobe has released a public beta of its Fireworks CS4 application. Besides sporting a completely new user interface, the spec sheet lists a couple of tantalising features:
Design complete web pages in Fireworks’ robust graphic environment, and then export web standards–compliant, CSS-based layouts, complete with external style sheets in one step.
Produce superior type designs with the enhanced typesetting capabilities of Adobe Type Engine, familiar to users of Photoshop and Illustrator.
For an app that many weren’t sure would survive the Adobe-Macromedia merger, this seems like a promising development. I’m downloading the beta now and will report back on this and other new additions to my favourite web development tool.
