# beta_5 — what's new (one user-facing note per non-blank, non-# line)

# --- Contacts ---
Contacts now show a person icon for people and an antenna for repeaters, instead of a generic envelope and lightning bolt
Block or unblock anyone straight from their popup — blocked contacts get a red person icon and their messages are hidden
The contacts list is a proper table now: dedicated "last heard" and distance columns, a Sort & Filter button, and multi-select delete with an are-you-sure prompt and a progress bar (favourites are protected — unfavourite them first)
Time and distance are smaller and tucked to the right so names get more room; a name too long for two lines scrolls instead of spilling onto a third
Un-favouriting a contact removes its star right away

# --- Discovered nodes ---
The Discovered list now survives reboots (it used to empty every boot) and holds up to 48 nodes
New Discovered settings (cogwheel): auto-delete the oldest node when the list is full, and auto-delete anything heard via more than a set number of hops — keeps the list fresh and nearby
The Discovered count badge shows "48!" when the list is full
Adding a node from Discovered now appears in your Contacts immediately
A purge-all button sits right next to Close in the Discovered list

# --- Region / radio ---
Setting the region / default scope from the official MeshCore app now works — it used to time out ("no_event_received"); public-channel floods are now region-tagged (issue #31)
The US/Canada radio preset is corrected to the proper 910.525 MHz, 62.5 kHz, SF7 (was 915 MHz / 250 kHz / SF11)
T-Deck transmit power is restored to the full +22 dBm — the SX1262 antenna switch was mis-driven, leaking most of the power (~4 mW) (issue #6)
Auto-add settings moved to their own dedicated page (out of Radio), and are reachable from the Contacts menu too

# --- Chats & sound ---
Each chat and channel row now shows the time of its most recent message on the right
Mute messages and/or @-mentions per channel, from that channel's settings
The @-mentions screen has taller rows (fits two lines) and tapping a mention jumps to that exact message
Volume is now plus/minus buttons instead of a hard-to-drag slider; a master Sound switch silences everything, with independent Messages and @-mention switches
@-mentions can play their own distinct chime, with separate on/off and volume

# --- Map ---
The map remembers your zoom and pan when you leave and come back, instead of snapping back to your location every time
Tapping a contact on the map opens a compact popup (no Block button there, to keep it small)

# --- Keyboard & input ---
T-Deck keyboard: backspace deletes at the cursor instead of always chopping the last character, and editing respects where you place the caret
Quick replies page now scrolls so you can reach and edit every slot

# --- UI polish ---
Refined bottom tab bar — flat icons that take your theme colour with a soft glow under the active tab — plus an unread-count badge on the Chats icon
App drawer: colourful app icons, the command tile relabelled "Cmdr", the Apps button in a contrasting accent, and three-per-row on the Heltec V4
Full-screen settings pages with a clear X to close, a subtle new-message chip, and a full-page Signal view with a live readout and manual refresh
