Java Edition 1.7.6

General

 * Skin
 * Skins and capes are now distributed through servers
 * Skins server outages will occur less frequently and have less impact
 * Skin changes will no longer require client restarting, at worst re-logging will update the skin for everybody
 * Server-altered skins/capes are not possible - only signed URLs are stored server-side
 * Duplicate skins no longer need to be downloaded twice
 * Server traffic will barely be affected
 * Name Changing
 * Support for name changing
 * Only the support for changing names, actually being able to change names will come after 1.8 release
 * Options
 * The Server Resource Packs option is now per-server, and has three settings: Prompt, Enabled, and Disabled.
 * The minimum setting for the FOV option is now 30 instead of 70.
 * Realms
 * Can now OP players
 * Servers
 * Not backward compatible with 1.7.2 - 1.7.5.