I'd guess any plausible explanation would also have to account for the fact that basically every Adobe product on the Mac has gotten much worse over time with the exception of Lightroom.<p>See this blog post, and the comments that follow for the comments of hardcore Adobe users:<p><a href="http://hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/a-big-assed-post-about-fireworks" rel="nofollow">http://hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/a-big-assed-post-about-fire...</a>