I agree (as much as I can without actually being a designer), and I think a lot of people have lamented the loss of Fireworks when Adobe gobbled up Macromedia.

I agree (as much as I can without actually being a designer), and I think a lot of people have lamented the loss of Fireworks when Adobe gobbled up Macromedia. It's also worth mentioning that Inkscape is a good tool if you're on Linux or Windows. That said, regardless of how mediocre or abysmal Photoshop might be for graphic/web design, it's what most people seem to be using for it these days.