I came up with a suggestion yesterday that might please everyone:
Add an user option to disable fading non-active commits in the listing.
Alternatively, instead of fading non-active commits, highlight the gutter of the active commit entry (for those who likes to navigate using…
Funnily enough, gutter-only highlight was the original version. Merged disabled lane-dimming by default, it's opt-in now under Settings -> Appearance. Might make it more configurable in later on, we're having a feature freeze for a bit 👀 👀