Why Use Fireworks

We have recently started designing more websites at work and I'm wondering whether we should be using Fireworks. At the moment we use Photoshop and I'm struggling to see the advantage of using Fireworks. The differences between PS and FW seem to have got less and less over the years. I'd appreciate it if someone can tell me why I should be using FW over PS.
Thanks
Sean

Fireworks tool set and workflow is designed for Web layout. Photoshop's tool set and workflow is designed for image editing. Yes, over the years, Photoshop has had more Web tools added and Fireworks has had more image editing and effects tools added, but the basic philosophy of each application remains the same.
If you use Fireworks for what it's intended - and get good at it - you'll probably find that you are more efficient at producing Web layouts than you are when using Photoshop. The workflow is different, the approach is different, some terminology is slightly different (layers and sub-layers, for example, are used to organize objects, which can be vectors or bitmaps).
I've seen people try to approach Fireworks as some kind of "Photoshop Limited," which it isn't. (These people are often very frustrated by FW.) Fireworks is a different application with a unique, hybrid approach to layout, design, and export. It was never intended as a general-purpose image-editing application. The underlying, basic assumption with Fireworks is that you will use it to design a Web layout and produce Web graphics (plus some other things). Consequently, all the essential tools and menu commands you need for these tasks are integral to the application and easily accessed.

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Does anyone have a list of companies that use Fireworks
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> As an advocate of the software it would be nice to say
to my boss "Hey,
> giant
> corporation X uses Fireworks. Maybe we should too".
(Note: I don't wish to undermine this thread with this
tangent. Apologies to
the OP.)
Yes that would be nice but bosses look for business cases to
switch or
change operations. Employees look for nice features.
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too" is not a
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company to another,
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or approach
e.g. tell me why corporation X uses Fireworks.
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every time we do
it - that's an aggregate of 2 hours daily. This would take
one mouseclick in
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cost, simply by
switching software. Cost to switch would be $w (zero?) for
hardware, $x for
software plus $y (zero?) for training."
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would be: "I'm
listening. Show me more. Let's trial Fireworks and the
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for 30 days and review it then".
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changed my background color and other settings, but I need to find
any easier way to add images without messing up my settings. Each
time I add a photo, I don't want to have to change 40+ web pages.
Can someone please help? If there is an easier program to use, then
I will change programs.
Thanks for your help!

Sorry in advance if the following comment is missing the
point of your question.
Ans: You need to export (>File > Export) the image that
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