Highlight direct replies/mentions in notifications

[lunasorcery]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

With hellthread replies coming in at breakneck pace, it can be hard to keep up with notifications. Every reply, both direct and indirect, melts together into a giant feed of tastefully-blue-tinted visual sludge.

Describe the solution you'd like

By highlighting direct replies, it becomes far easier for the user to quickly spot where they want be focusing their attention.
This has already been implemented in a css extension - https://github.com/lunasorcery/better-bsky-notifs

Describe alternatives you've considered

I guess "don't join hellthread" ...but where's the fun in that?

Alternatively you could have different notification filters/tabs, so things like Only Likes or Only Direct Replies, etc.

Additional context

People seem to like the existing css extension, check out the rave reviews in these threads:
https://staging.bsky.app/profile/hydration.mom/post/3jvq2ovssoi2k
https://staging.bsky.app/profile/squish.fyi/post/3jvslvvms3j2j

I've implemented a rough pass at this feature in my fork, here. It probably wants to be put behind some sort of opt-in flag so as not to confuse the non-hellthreaders, and I'm not 100% on the implementation, obviously y'all know the codebase better than I do, but from my testing it seems to at least work as expected.

[pfrazee]

One thing we've been planning is a separate tab in notifications that shows only discussion, which should help.

I like the idea of highlighting direct responses as well, however. We'll take a look at it.

[n0vedad]

Are seperate Tabs still on the roadmap?

[jajunk]

I vote for separate tabs and then highlighting. The point is to separate direct responses. Accomplish user needs first in general and then get more fine grained over time. I don't know which would be easier to accomplish though. I always go for the quick win first. Get the best bang for the buck so to speak.

[surfdude29]

FYI there's a draft PR open to add a Mentions tab to the Notifications screen:

• [Notifications] Add a Mentions tab #7044