When comparing Fireworks vs UX-App, the Slant community recommends Fireworks for most people. In the question“What are the best mockup and wireframing tools for websites?” Fireworks is ranked 4th while UX-App is ranked 26th. The most important reason people chose Fireworks is:
From lo-fidelity wireframe, into clickable prototype and then assemble the images for the final hi-fi build as well.
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Pros
Pro Can be used for the entire life-cycle of the design
From lo-fidelity wireframe, into clickable prototype and then assemble the images for the final hi-fi build as well.
Pro Layer Sharing
Features such as 'Layer Sharing' allows you to quickly update shared components such as headers across multiple pages. Other mockup tools such as Mockingbird will require you to manually propagate changes across all the pages.
Pro PSD compatible
Open PSD files
Pro Awesome Symbol Libraries
A significant advantage over web-app style mockup tools are the symbol libraries for Fireworks.
From boagworld:
Both symbols, styles and vector shapes can be saved for re-use and collected into useful library resources. In addition Fireworks ships with a common library of useful objects including buttons, browser and application elements for both Mac and Windows look and feel.
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Pro Prototype with graphical JavaScript
UX-App uses a drag and drop puzzle like JavaScript representation. Unique and expressive
Pro Mock up & prototype in the browser
Allows you to mock up with real HTML, and present expressive prototypes in the browser. Has lots of conveniences like team chat, notes, and a share link to present prototypes.
Pro Long free trial & cheap subscription
It's possible to start without creating an account. Creating a free account extends the trial, and the memberships are cheap @ $5/month.
Cons
Con Is being phased out
Adobe is ditching Fireworks. So those nasty bugs will never get fixed.