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Isn’t It Exciting When an Icon Changes Color from D93411 to D93410?

Or is a millimeter wider? Be still my heart!

Screenshot of iPhone Weather App by author

Oh, those beta reviewers — what would we do without them? These are the sharp-eyed folk who tell us what changes are in each beta update. Some actual quotes:

• Books in the app now have less of an arc on the pages and more rounded corners.
• There’s a new Apple Maps icon visible in the second betas, with the Interstate 280 shield removed from the bottom-right corner.
• The clock icon is slightly tweaked with a bolder font and thicker hour and minute hands.

Not everything is as exciting as those examples, of course. Sometimes reviewers focus on teeny details that you and I wouldn’t even notice.

But a color change like the one in my title? That’s critical. Reddish orange vs. Reddish redder orange? You need to know that!

But seriously..

I may poke fun at some of these updates, but reviewers — real reviewers, not lazy sods like me — dig through the betas and tell us about important new features. I, on the other hand, miss things. Sometimes reviewers alert me to changes that make me very happy. For example, I read something recently by…