1.4 Pretty Scary Update

Coming Halloween 2012!!!!

What's in this update?

Modding/Code:

*F3+P will toggle the auto-pause when the window loses focus

*F3+H will toggle detailed item descriptions

*Fire spread will be affected by the difficulty

*Modding API

*Rewriting Lighting engine.  Current engine has some bugs. 

Commands:

*Added a Command Block that can run server commands when triggered by redstone, intended for adventure maps

*Added a few commands for use with the redstone command block

General:

*Improved superflat spawning options

*Entities (such as Cows, Minecarts, and Ghasts) will be able to travel through Nether, and End portals

*Added Wooden Button

*Added new potions

*Improved villages and villagers to make them more self-aware

*Added a "Work in progress" block. (AKA Beacon Block)

Mob-related:

*Chickens will be fed seeds to breed instead of wheat

*Carrots used to control pigs

*Pigs with Saddles will now drop the saddle when killed

*Sheep spawn egg can now spawn colored sheep

*At least two new mobs

*Zombies can now pick up and equip items on the ground

*Zombies infect villagers now

*Added armor and weapon support for mobs

*Villagers can now like and dislike you

Decoration:

*Added Item Frames that allow you to display an item on  the side of a block in a frame

*Added flower pots

*Added Cobblestone Walls and mossy variant

*The ability to dye leather armor in different colors

(16,777,216 COLORS :O)

*Wolf collars will be dyable

*Added Corner Stairs

*Added new Map functionality

*Paintings no longer drop when clicking in creative

*Trapdoors can now be placed at the top or bottom of a block

*Possibly Lecterns for book display and storage

*Possibly Skeleton Skulls can be placed for decoration

Foods:

*Added Carrots, Potatoes, Baked Potato, Poisonous Potato, and Golden Carrot