Java Edition 1.4.3

1.4.3-pre is the first pre-release for 1.4.4.

Fixes
104 bugs fixed


 * The disc "11" is now dropped by Creepers in the same way as the other discs
 * Enchanted book exploit fixed
 * Slimes have correct collision box

From released versions before 1.4.4
 * – Enchanted items show its background on the beacon-block
 * – In Minecraft ore emerald can be broken with a minimum iron pickaxe, but the block emerald can be broken with all the pickaxes
 * – Minecart sound doesn't stop
 * – Skeletons holding swords will shoot arrows
 * – Arrows do not stick (and stay) in mobs
 * – Item drops drop into transparent blocks and cannot be picked up
 * – Anvil block collision box appears "sunken"
 * – Getting door drop in creative
 * – Falling out of the world while chunks are loading
 * – Some of the regular sounds are now server-sided
 * – Placing 2 wooden slabs will play the sounds from 12w38a
 * – Pink dye on sheep appears white on top
 * – Using on a player in different world will teleport to needed coordinates, but not change the world
 * – Fence Gate Texture flips inside out
 * – Mobs in minecarts can vanish when minecarts are broken
 * – Calculate name plate length based on username stripped of color codes
 * – Can't kill Slimes
 * – You can duplicate Dragon Eggs, sand and gravel
 * – Mobs are immediately transferred back to the overworld upon spawning in the nether
 * – Broken or missing animations with potion of invisibility
 * – Anvil rendering error in item frames
 * – Score doesn't work anymore
 * – When a block is placed next to an end portal block with an Eye of Ender in it, you can see through it
 * – Item frames in multiplayer don't store item NBT data
 * – Graphical glitch with cactus in a flower pot near a wall.
 * – Odd chance where you take fall damage when sprinting off 2 or 1 blocks
 * – Breaking effects sometimes duplicate sounds & effects
 * – Music discs reverting to original name after being played, even if they've been renamed by the anvil
 * – Dying dogs collar doesn't use your dye
 * – Signs missing text
 * – Tree leaves break half slabs
 * – Multiple consecutive newlines in books do not create a space between lines in editor
 * – Wither de-spawns in Peaceful and shouldn't
 * – Death from a 2-4 block drop while changing gamemodes
 * – Dragon egg particles are missing
 * – Potatoes and carrots uproot themselves
 * – Map item placed in item frame experiences Z-fighting
 * – Teleporting a player triggers a pressure plate sometimes
 * – Minecart flickers when looking backwards
 * – Falling anvils do not maintain orientation while falling
 * – Breaking a block touching an open trapdoor closes it
 * – Vines, fern, grass and lilypad appear grey when held in F5 mode
 * – Teleport through walls glitch
 * – Different stacking slab sound
 * – Skeletons shoot arrows faster than humanly possible
 * – Text misplaced in demo mode window and 4:3 screen
 * – "Your game mode has been changed" shows in log when it hasn't
 * – Dropped items stop minecarts on their track
 * – If you put an anvil (or a few other items) into a display case and turn it upside down, the orange from the case will start to overlay the item in the case
 * – Chest hitbox wrong
 * – Dropped items with NBT tags do not stack
 * – Open doors and levers hate each other
 * – The sound for cows are cut off early instead of playing all the way through
 * – Structures generating in wrong biomes
 * – Squids spawning everywhere
 * – Particles don't show correctly when sprinting on blocks with different variations like wool, wood and biome colored grass
 * – Ladders breaking glitching out
 * – Mobs try to jump nether brick fence
 * – Buggy fall damage in 1-deep water
 * – Flaming arrows won't trigger TNT when shot from above
 * – When you have detailed item descriptions on, renamed item's name is not in italic
 * – Zombies can pick up items while dying
 * – Items at the top-left corner of a container cannot be duplicated with the pick block key
 * – TNT sometimes makes item drops when it is ignited by the explosion of another TNT
 * – Invisibility potions not completed in correct time displayed
 * – More ender egg render problems
 * – Creating world with seed and map world "QUATREPOINTDEUX" fails
 * – Death by bat
 * – Server Crash when client logs in with invalid difficulty
 * – Item frames do not show directly after entering the game
 * – Snow Golems won't die
 * – The "where are we now" disc is unavailable
 * – Bat noises are painful and cause headaches
 * – When riding a minecart, fall damage lags
 * – Custom spawners with no delay variance crash the game
 * – Potion of Weakness removes ability to destroy paintings and item frames
 * – Missing pitch rotations in OpenAL implementation
 * – Lightning strikes can create client side fires (ghost fires)
 * – Minecraft crashes in creative inventory
 * – Nether portals create a huge lag, especially when several entities have to be teleported
 * – Ender pearls (and other throwable objects) loose their link to the thrower when reloaded
 * – When you jump on wheat crops, usually the farmland becomes dirt, then seeds and wheat are dropped; however, if you jump on potato and carrot crops, farmland become dirt, but crops stay there
 * –  lost when breaking a player skull block
 * – Beacon particles show if below beacon
 * – Escape key doesn't take you back to main menu from Multiplayer screen
 * – Wither breaks End Portals
 * – Put an item frame in an item frame, and sometimes you only get 1 item frame back
 * – Named maps lose their title after copying
 * – By placing a bed at the same time as throwing it away makes it a half bed
 * – Getting bed drop in creative
 * – Cobblestone wall has fence-collisions
 * – Death caused by lag spikes on minecart over a lava field
 * – Adventure mode graphical issue breaking blocks
 * – Placing trapdoors on half-slabs
 * – Block textures held by players (third person view) are mirrored
 * – Flying through cobwebs in creative affects the player and shouldn't
 * – Shift (crouch) will not stop you from falling off of an anvil
 * – Falling sand appears on fire when falling into lava
 * – Fire doesn't show if you shoot a mob in a minecart
 * – Spinning while placing a bed creates a triangular bed
 * – Can't destroy glass in Adventure Mode
 * – Minecraft crashes if connection is lost when editing signs