Upcoming features in update 1.3 verson 2

All the features that are coming in 1.3 so far.
(this is copied from minecraftwiki.net)
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New slabs of the 3 new plank types.

Wood slabs behave as wood, not as stone.

Cocoa Plants that generate on the sides of jungle trees, which can be harvested for cocoa.

Cocoa Beans have a new texture.

Cocoa Beans drop from jungle tree leaves at the same rate as apples.

Villagers spawned from spawning eggs will get a random profession.

Wooden tools can be burned in furnaces.

"Large Biomes" world type.

Fix for glitchy mob prediction in multiplayer.

Large amount of internal changes.

Silk Touch will be able to pick up Ice and Glass Panes.

Stackable items now stack outside inventory when thrown to the ground individually.

Easier item manipulation within inventory

Brewing Stands allow use of shift clicking to put items in it.

⇧ Shift+clicking can now be used to wear armor.

Dispensers can place Minecarts on rails and Boats in water.

While in Creative Mode, players can supply a powered minecart with fuel by right clicking it as if they were holding coal.

Flying in Creative Mode is no longer affected by water and lava.

Commands in Singleplayer.

Optional bonus chests placed close to the player when creating a new world.

Demo mode playable through non-premium Minecraft.net accounts.

Different crafting recipe for books.

Added Book and Quill and Written Book.

Ability to write in book and quill (up to 50 pages), save them to edit later, and sign them and title them to finish off the book.

All multiplayer sounds have been fixed.

Fishing lines are now visible in SMP.

Hardcore in multiplayer (HMP).

Better chunk loading in SMP.

⇧ Shift-clicking in Creative improved.

Singleplayer will be a local server.

Specific names for different Wood, Wooden Planks, Leaves, Saplings, Sandstone, Stone Bricks, and Monster Eggs. (e.g. Oak Wood,

Birch Plank, Spruce Leaves, Jungle Sapling, Smooth Sandstone, Chiseled Stone Bricks, Stone Monster Egg).

Empty Buckets are now stackable up to 16.

Trading with Villagers.

Added Emerald

Added Emerald Ore.

Added Block of Emerald.

Added Bottle o' Enchanting to survival mode.

Added Chainmail Armor to survival mode.

New Gravel texture.

Arrows "warping upwards" in multiplayer fixed.

Added Ender Chest.

Villages spawned in Desert Biomes now have a different style.

A new type of Golden Apple. with attributes the Golden Apple had before 1.1.

Stars are slightly smaller and slightly brighter.

Added Sandstone Stairs.

Added Tripwire Hooks.

The hooks are connected (up to 19 blocks) by string, which will be placable.

Dispensers will eject water and lava source blocks (from buckets).

Will also take water and lava source blocks if there is an empty bucket inside.

Added Pyramids, a new structure in Desert biomes.

Improved creative inventory screen.

Category Tabs and Searching

Survival Inventory

"Backpack" inventory, 2x2 crafting grid, armor, and deletion box.

Potions will be in the creative inventory screen.

Nice, I'm looking forward to 1.3 as long as it don't causes that much problems as 1.2.3 did. Thanks for showing us it Much appreciated.