Form a "designer productivity", nothing beats a Bitmap+Vector hybrid app like Fireworks... Even Photoshop seems like a productivity nightmare and a user hostile

Form a "designer productivity", nothing beats a Bitmap+Vector hybrid app like Fireworks... Even Photoshop seems like a productivity nightmare and a user hostile monster by comparison... I'd say GIMP and Photoshop are on par on this "boxes and circles drawing UX", and this speaks BADLY of both of them!