Minecraft 1.6

[Saracalia]

Just when you thought the game got exciting in 1.5 with the redstone update, here is how exciting the 1.6 update.

1.6
General
Additions
Improvements & changes
Support for Java 5 and PowerPC users will be dropped[1][2]
If you have a PowerPC based computer and/or Java 5 installed, a warning will be shown at the main menu.
An update for the launcher
Increases performance and stability
Allows LWJGL to be updated, fixing many launcher bugs
Supports Multiple Versions/Installs.[3]
Self Updatable.[3]
New password storing system [4]
More user friendly.[5]
A major step towards the Plugin API.[5]
Gameplay
Additions
Minecraft day cycles[6]
Potentially seasons.
During winter, shorter days and nights.
Improvements & changes
Riding mounts
When riding on an entity, dismounting has changed from right-clicking the entity to using the Sneak key (⇧ Left Shift by default)
Boat controls have been changed from the A, S, and D keys to mouse control
Respiration enchantment
Now also helps seeing underwater
Changed the idea of mob difficulty[7]
Regional difficulty: The longer you spend in one area, the harder it gets
Scales with difficulty - items, enchants or AI improve with difficulty
Creative mode
Added extra tooltip info in the search tab for the creative inventory, which shows what category a block/item is in
Blocks & items
Additions
Horse Armor
Exist in diamond, iron and gold variants
Can only be found in dungeon chests [8]
Horse Spawn Egg
When used, a different horse breed is created each time
Works like any other spawn egg
Hay Blocks
Can be placed in all orientations
Crafted with 3x3 Wheat
Leads
Can be used to bind mobs to fences or lead them around
Right click mob first, then right-click fence or right-click the mob again to get the leash back
Carpets
Crafted with 2 colors of wool in a horizontal line, yields 3 carpets
Name Tags
Found in dungeon chests
Name it with an anvil then right click a mob to name animals
Hardened Clay
Obtained by smelting a clay block in a furnace
Block of Coal
Crafted with 3x3 coal.
Crafted only with coal, not charcoal.
Can be used as furnace fuel and smelts 72 items, like 9 Coal.
Improvements & changes
Saddle
Are now used for both horse and pig [9]
Mobs
Additions
Various new mobs[10]
Horses
Ridable by right-clicking them with a saddle - Hold the jump key to fill up their jump bar, release it to jump accordingly, steer them by using the usual movement keys - maximum movement speed and jump height differ between horses
Have various amounts of maximum health - Use wheat to heal them
Drop leather when killed
Can be bred using wheat - Baby horses can be grown using apples, golden apples and wheat
Players can make them jump
Creation assisted by DrZhark
Donkeys
Like horses, but can carry chests on their saddles although no inventory is currently available
There is a Undead, Skeleton, and Mule version of the donkey included in the code, although they require NBT editing to view in game
Improvements & changes
Zombies
Now have a small chance to spawn additional zombies when damaged.
Comparators
Now give out a signal for Cauldrons and End Portal frames depending on their state.
World Generation
Additions
Improvements & changes
Deserts
No longer contain water lakes
The Nether
Added chest generation in Nether Fortresses[11]

[Krawkyz]

If you look at it closely there are still easily less changes than there were in 1.5

[Bangraa]

I disappear for a couple of weeks and then 1.6 pops out?!?!?
I still have to be gone for another week because of the FSAE competition @_@

[Saracalia]

If you look at it closely there are still easily less changes than there were in 1.5

Hmmm, true, but

Horse Spawn Egg

Just seeing that means there is going to be horses. Ride them around on survival.

[Glenn]

If you look at it closely there are still easily less changes than there were in 1.5

Hmmm, true, but

Horse Spawn Egg

Just seeing that means there is going to be horses. Ride them around on survival.

Horses were added last weak..