Using files with browsers, in reality

This is a post about new APIs that browsers have to read & write files, and how I’m using them in Placemark. Files The meaning and importance of the file has shifted a lot in the last decade. The Verge wrote about how students today don’t have a grasp on how files and folders work - or they have a very good understanding of the norms of storing information in the cloud, but not on their local computers. The web contains all sorts of things that we never think of or use as files: is your email an...

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