docs(storage): explain version browser and recovery

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@@ -23,11 +23,17 @@ The desktop app can save nests two ways:
first save and updates that same record afterward. Save As creates a new record
(a copy). A failed save keeps the previous record association; switching server
URLs creates a record on the new server rather than updating an id from the
previous one. Version-aware deletion hides the record and retains every archive
and revision for explicit recovery; it never purges data. A separate **File > Export
.nest...** command is always available (in both modes) for producing a local
file to share or back up. Export does not change the document's file save path
or database record association.
previous one. **Version history...** on a selected row lists bounded current and
earlier snapshots; **Open read-only...** previews one without binding an editable
document, and **Download selected version...** saves its exact archived bytes.
A separate confirmed **Restore selected version...** creates a new current
revision of the same ID and keeps all intervening versions. **Delete...** hides
the record from ordinary browsing but retains every archive; **Deleted nests...**
opens an explicit recovery view. Neither action purges data. An old desktop
without a revision precondition cannot update or delete on an upgraded server.
A separate **File > Export .nest...** command is always available (in both
modes) for producing a local file to share or back up. Export does not change
the document's file save path or database record association.
Dragging one or more `.nest` files onto the main window (or onto an open
plate) opens them from disk directly, in either mode — this is the only way