There have been dozens of flash projector creators, such as Zinc, mProjector, etc. After the release of Adobe AIR, it seems that there is no need to develop another flash projector creator. But I think Async Flash Studio is valuable in some cases, especially with the evolution of rich Internet applications. Following will compare Async Flash Studio with Adobe AIR and other flash projector creators.

Shortness of AIR: Can not make standalone application, and a heavy runtime (over 10M size) must be installed. System level functions are not extendable.

Shortness of Other Projector creators: Do not support multiple windows, I mean, in single AVM. System level functions are implemented by ExtenalInterface or FlashCommand, which is not an efficient way.

So Async Flash Studio comes out to fulfil the requirement for all of the functions listed above. It supports mutiple windows, supports Object oriented programing, supports high-performance asynchronous File/Logging API, supports extensions.

Async Flash Studio is useful for developers who want to develop desktop RIA applications with enhanced creativity, communications, collaboration and functionality. That is: Brings Flash RIA to Desktop.