I decided to stop lurking and offer a mountain of thankyous to everyone here, not least of all the dev team.
After a disappointing couple of years knowing that fireworks has entered the legacy stage of it's life cycle and finally turning my back on Quark Xpress quirk depress forever, I see light at the end of the tunnel.
I know freehand users and a lot of people previously working in Adobe environments also feel they have recieved the rough end of the pineapple, so it's great to see an organically developed toolset forming around what groups of designers are asking for.
As I get time I'm sure I'll find and adjust to the way AD handles the tasks I normally include in my workflows.
Thanks for providing a beacon of hope that some day soon I can cease constantly opening and re-formatting files all over my applications folder.
Cinzio