This is a DIY tutorial to achieve this:
View attachment 74072
As you can see you can get an icon that changes on hover only on new items just to highlight them a bit more.
Open your
extra.less template and add the code:
XF2.3
Code:
/*** Highlight new menu item ***/
.menu-row.menu-row--separated.menu-row--clickable.is-unread {
&:before {
.m-faContent(@fa-var-dot-circle);
float: right;
color: @xf-paletteAccent2...