Improves the feature discovery of the More features feature

What does this MR do and why?

A few small adjustments to the feature discovery shimmer for the «More features» feature:

  • Decrease visual priority
  • Fade out after animation to not confuse users about selected navigation item
  • Use default nav item border radius

Follow-up to !243098 (merged)

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How to set up and validate locally

  1. Enable FF https://gdk.test:3000/rails/features/feature_library_modal
  2. Go to a page, e.g. https://gdk.test:3000/flightjs/Flight/-/merge_requests
  3. Switch between user themes (https://gdk.test:3000/-/profile/preferences)

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Alternative

An alternative approach would be to use a New badge which would align with some of the DS guidelines:

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Contextual discovery
Features are highlighted in context, as the user reaches a point where the feature is relevant or useful. → Badge

https://design.gitlab.com/patterns/feature-discovery/#contextual-discovery

Edited by Sascha Eggenberger

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