Minecraft wiki entry for Development_versions, associated text: Error with the shadowing of the right side of blocks in the inventory is now fixed, being back to what it was in Beta 1.7.
Fixed wooden door bug from Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6
The "Particles" option no longer overlaps the warning when playing on far render distance with a 32-bit Java installation.
Fixed the bug that caused the player's experience level to revert to 0 again after The End credits are finished from Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6.
The full names of Scaevolus and Hippoplatimus are now used in the ending credits.
The player can now chat while entering a portal in multiplayer.
Obsidian's mining time was increased to 8 seconds from ~3 seconds in 1.9 Prerelease 6.