Making Fireworks colors act more like Illustrators'

I know.. they are two different tools, but at least the colors should be universal. Maybe they are and I don't know how.
I want to:
1. Make the color thumbnails larger like you can in IA
2. Add gradient color swatches to the panel like you can in IA. Does FW even have the ability to have gradient color swatches?
Thanks!!!!

Anything you save as a style will be accessable in the styles panel. Here's how to do it. Add the gradients, effects, colors you want to an object and while it isstill selected, open the styles panel menu and choose New Style. It will be added to the "Current Document" styles. Once that has happened, open the styles panel menu again and choose Save Style Library. Whenever you want to use your custom styles, load them in the panel by choosing Import Style LIbrary from the menu.
You cannot add styles or gradients to the Swatches panel.
To save a desktop, click on the menu button at the top right of the FW GUI and choose Save Current. The only means I know of to delete a desktop is to write over it by saving a new one with the same name as the one you want to delete.

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