1.8 Pre-Release update available.

A new update to the 1.8 prerelease has been made public very recently, it's featuring some fixes and improvements as they make efforts to finalize the product.

Download it here!

Fixes featured in this version are.

Changes
Mineshaft generation halved
Three strongholds now spawn per map instead of one

Bugfixes: If they still occur, send a PM!
- No more lag when experience balls are dropped
- Furnace now smelting all items correctly
- No more client crashes when placing chests
- Can now break blocks in Nether
- Now able to go into position over broken Nether blocks in Creative mode
- Actual silverfish name displayed when they kill a user instead of base name
- No more items being wiped when accessing Creative mode
- No more randomly catching fire in Creative mode.
- Unlimited water is now available in Creative Mode
- Dyes are now in palette
- Endermen no longer hold grass with side texture visible on top
- Missing items from Creative Mode inventory have been added




Taken from Minecraftforum.net

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