SVG workflow is a joke

Hey.
Since Adobe does not provide any good tool for UI design (Photoshop is messy, Fireworks has its memory fatal bug and Illustrator is not pixel perfect with rounding errors wherever you look), I wanted to ask what you would suggest to design for web and mobile.
I try to use SVG as much as possible since Windows 8 supports it very well. Take a look at the workflow and tell me if this is what we all pay for or if I am missing something:
You create your vector artwork.
You copy and paste it on a new artboard.
You break up all symbols because the SVG Save As command does not understand transformations on symbols (bug!)
You choose Save As instead of any other fast options such as Save for Web or Export.
You have to remember the right artboard numbers, because you cannot preselect them.
You manually type the artboard numbers in the text field and click save.
Another dialog opens asking you for the format options
Since the artboard saving dialog is so stupid, you have no chance to OVERWRITE a file under the same file name or under the artboard name. It will always add a pointless prefix.
Because of the previous point you need to go to your folder and manually rename the file to match the artboard name. (delete the prefix)
Repeat with your next SVG.
This workflow is horrible. I can't believe that after years of HTML5 being around this is the only option Adobe offers to export SVGs. Please tell me if I am missing something, if there is a plugin or a Creative Cloud feature somewhere that makes the workflow as simple as exporting to bitmaps... Or a different tool from a different company that runs on Windows.

Not to offend you, but are you sure you have the SPAM filter at My Verizon turned on for all of your Verizon email accounts?
I guess I am fortunate right now I am not getting much SPAM, maybe 4-5 a day. But it is extremely rare that any of them get through the Verizon filters and reach my inbox in my Windows Live Mail client. Not too long ago I was getting maybe 50 or more SPAM emails a day caught by the Verizon SPAM filter, but even then very, few, maybe one or two per week, made it through and I had to handle them manually.
I have my SPAM filter set on my primary account to put them into the SPAM folder so that I can verify that no valid messages have been caught by mistake, and it does in fact catch maybe 1 or 2 valid ones a month. On my other accounts, which I use mostly to register for give-aways or whatever, I have the filter set to just discard the SPAM, so I have no idea how much I really get on those addresses.
So really I guess I can't help, except to say that my experience is that the Verizon SPAM filters work very well. I encourage you to check your settings once again at My Verizon to make sure the filters are turned on for all of your Verizon email accounts.
Justin
Verizon FiOS TV, Internet, and phone
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Keller, TX 76248

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