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Lag updating the properties panel

Dec 2, 2008 2:09 AM

I've been using fireworks since version 4 and before adobe bought it, the mac version never lagged like it has since then. I just downloaded the demo of fireworks cs4 and it finally *seems* to be back to where it used to be performance-wise, with one huge and important exception: when selecting any object, the properties panel takes a good 0.5-1 second to refresh almost every single time. This majorly interrupts my workflow, as my cursor reaches the property I want to modify considerably faster than that, and for a quick select object->change color->select other object, that adds around 25% more time while I wait for the panel to display the properties for the current object.

Does anyone know of a way to fix this? I'm really happy with the new vector editing tools in CS4, but I haven't upgraded in a long time because I really need that UI responsiveness, otherwise I'm wasting time waiting for the program to load.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

873 Views 4 Replies Latest reply: ammoniaavenue, Sep 30, 2009 4:56 AM

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1. alex4adobe,

Dec 3, 2008 12:12 PM in reply to ParadoxQuine

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Seeing that Fireworks CS4 has so many other critical bugs, and CS3 never had it's bugs addressed (Adobe: "Go buy CS4!") I doubt this will ever be fixed. I agree, this is really annoying, but we'll probably have to wait till CS5!

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2. ParadoxQuine,

Dec 3, 2008 12:28 PM in reply to alex4adobe

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yea :(. I guess I'll just have to keep hoping for a fireworks alternative, since Adobe doesn't seem to care enough about the quality of their products (despite their significant price tag).

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3. Newsgroup_User,

Dec 10, 2008 3:00 PM in reply to ParadoxQuine

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In article <gh31gc$4ve$1@forums.macromedia.com>,
"ParadoxQuine" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote:

> This majorly interrupts my workflow, as my cursor reaches the
> property I want to modify considerably faster than that, and for a quick
> select object->change color->select other object

This is not exactly a fix for your problem, but I've completely gone
around the problem by *not* using the properties panel... I use a
collection of commands for fill & stroke color, resizing, etc... and I
bind them to keyboard shortcuts.

Take a look at the commands, and see if you like them :)

http://bomberstudios.com/orangecommands

--
Ale Muñoz
http://sofanaranja.com
http://bomberstudios.com

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4. ammoniaavenue,

Sep 30, 2009 4:56 AM in reply to Newsgroup_User

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I do not believe this strange and annoying issue!. I paid for CS4 Firefox to better design experience with it but after that I fell down to problem pool! how is it possible that the biggest software company in the world do not fix these funny bugs! how is it possible!? I really think that I was definitely wronged and cheated. I've been using CS3 for a while and today I spend hours again to surf Internet to look solutions for that but nothing

is there anyone from Adobe here?! I want to an reliable answers and solution suggestions.....

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