Server list

A multiplayer server list was added in the 1.8 update. It allows you to see if a server is online, how many slots it has and how good your connection (ping) to it is. The current appearance of the server list can be seen in this picture

Several serverlists for Minecraft Beta:

minestatus.net

serverlistminecraft.com

minecraft-server-list.com

mcserverlist.net

minecraft.dk/mcserverlist

minecraftservers.net

minecraftservers.info/2010/10/minecraft-server-list

www.reddit.com/r/mcservers

list.mcmyadmin.com

bestofmc.com

Trivia
- Hovering over the connection status icon will tell you the connection speed to the server.