Introduction: Introducing Special Edition Using Macromedia Fireworks MX

You are holding the first edition of Special Edition Using Macromedia Fireworks MX. Unlike comparable books now in their third or fourth revision, this book has been written from the ground up to meet the needs of designers who use Macromedia Fireworks MX today. The content is fresh and its focus is squarely on using the program to meet today’s Web development needs.

Regardless of the marketing text that you read on most books’ back covers, no computer book can possibly be everything for everybody. When you set about envisioning and outlining a book, you make certain decisions that have a profound impact on the final result. I can think of no better way to introduce a book than to share the decisions we reached and goals we specified as we put the book together. When I say “we,” I refer to myself and the team of editors at Que, whose awareness of the needs of computer book readers was impressively keen.