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Merge pull request #333 from WICG/clarify-storagefoundation-relation
Add a warning that files are not shared between Storage Foundation and OPFS.
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[Recommendation for Augmented
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OPFS](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g7ZCqZ5NdiU7oqyCpsc2iZ7rRAY1ZXO-9VoG4LfP7fM).
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Although this proposal is the successor "in spirit" to the Storage Foundation
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API, the two APIs operate on entirely different sets of files. There exists no
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way of accessing a file stored through Storage Foundation API using the Origin
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Private File System, and vice versa.
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## Goals & Use Cases
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Our goal is to give developers flexibility by providing generic, simple, and
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doesn't currently consider changes to the rest of File System Access API or how
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files in the host machine are accessed.
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This proposal does not consider accessing files stored using the Storage
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Foundation API through OPFS or vice versa.
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## What makes the new surface fast?
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There are a few design choices that primarily contribute to the performance of

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