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If you're using the pointer tool, hold down [cmd] on a Mac or [ctrl] on Windows and click on something in the layer you want to select.

Right-click to get a list of layers under your pointer. Or you can set a preference that click on an element automatically selects that layer in the layer palette. This makes you cry?

Design with 300 layers. Trying to select a text layer. Gotta hit juuuust the right pixel.

Or say you have grouped layers, and there's a semitransparent layer in one group, and a background in another group, and 20 groups in between those groups.

I fully agree. As a front-end developer, working with Fireworks is a breeze, it's fun. Slicing designs, exporting sprites and measuring elements is all done easily and in a very user-friendly manner. The few sites I have developed from a Photoshop design have always caused trouble, because Photoshop is simply not made for the task.

Gradients in Fireworks are so very simple. With opacity and all. With barely a click more than you need, and insanely obvious to even beginners. In Photoshop I have no idea where to start.