The recent two weeks Dinnerbone and I (jeb_) have worked a lot on new features, both our own and suggestions from the community. Before you ask, the API that will allow you to do your own features is waiting for a large restructuring of the render engine to be completed. I’ll write more about this in a future blog post.

So while you wait for that, here are the changes in this week’s snapshot:

Added item frames
Added cobblestone walls (yes, mossy too)
Maps now align to a grid, making it easier to create adjacent maps. Maps can also be cloned
Stairs now auto-arrange into corners. This is a test and may change based on feedback
Mobs can travel through portals
Leather clothes can be dyed
Removed the “wip block” from the creative menu
Added two new crops and associated items
F3+P will toggle the auto-pause when the window loses focus (it’s for debugging, mainly)
F3+H will toggle detailed item descriptions (also for debugging)
Added arrow-sensitive wooden buttons
Trapdoors can be placed in top-most position (based on cross-hair aim)
Download the snapshot here:

Client: http://assets.minecraft.net/12w34a/minecraft.jar
Server: http://assets.minecraft.net/12w34a/minecraft_server.jar (or EXE)
// The Minecraft Team

Most of the team will be out next week, so there won’t be a snapshot or Weekly Chunk.

See some of you very soon!

- Lydia

also the invisibility potion got added and NEW food: carrots golden carrot potato cooked potato and posionous potato

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbjfndfUJkY&feature=g-u-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f3KuEOPf3Q&feature=g-u-u
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YBWyzO4DHk&feature=g-u-u

With Guild Wars 2 finally coming out I was just gonna make this thread to find out who is actually going to be playing it, so we can all be on the same sever. I will most like be on the Kaineng server on Saturday. I think it's one of the best US servers that get a lot of the WvW bonuses.
Also post your friend thing in here too.

Mine is Tanner McK.3528

I've got a special server running and I need you all to help me test it.

The server is in creative mode and pvp. Pretty much no rules as I need help stress testing it.

142.4.212.47:25565

Enjoy and report and lag or performance issues here!