Changing visual aspects of a graphical user interface to bring focus to a message

A system for hosting a conversation that includes a plurality of messages configured in a time-based order based on a time when each of the plurality of messages is submitted to the conversation, comprising:

• one or more processing units;
• and
• computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processing units, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• determining that text of a message submitted to the conversation includes a trigger feature, the conversation not currently being displayed via a graphical user interface of a computing device;
• generating a visual notification associated with the trigger feature for display via the graphical user interface;
• receiving data indicating a selection of the visual notification displayed via the graphical user interface;
• in response to receiving the data:
• analyzing the conversation to identify a subset of the plurality of messages in the conversation for display, the subset of the plurality of messages including the message and one or more other messages that are after the message in the conversation according to the time-based order;
• causing the graphical user interface to switch to displaying the subset of the plurality of messages via the computing device;
• scaling one or more visual aspects of the message from a normal size to an enlarged size for a predetermined period of time, the scaling visually distinguishing the message from the one or more other messages that are after the message in the conversation according to the time-based order;
• and
• returning the one or more visual aspects of the message from the enlarged size back to the normal size after the predetermined period of time expires.

One or more computer storage media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processing units, cause a system, for hosting a conversation that includes a plurality of messages configured in a time-based order based on a time when each of the plurality of messages is submitted to the conversation, to perform operations comprising:

• determining that text of a message submitted to the conversation includes a trigger feature, the conversation not currently being displayed via a graphical user interface of a computing device;
• generating a visual notification associated with the trigger feature for display via the graphical user interface;
• receiving data indicating a selection of the visual notification displayed via the graphical user interface;
• in response to receiving the data:
• analyzing the conversation to identify a subset of the plurality of messages in the conversation for display, the subset of the plurality of messages including the message and one or more other messages that are after the message in the conversation according to the time-based order;
• causing the graphical user interface to switch to displaying the subset of the plurality of messages via the computing device;
• scaling one or more visual aspects of the message from a normal size to an enlarged size for a predetermined period of time, the scaling visually distinguishing the message from the one or more other messages that are after the message in the conversation according to the time-based order;
• and
• returning the one or more visual aspects of the message from the enlarged size back to the normal size after the predetermined period of time expires.