I hope they get some optimization going. When I try to play 1.9 my computer sounds like a freaking jet plane.
That's a problem with your computer, not the game...
I would assume so.
Did they ever fix the NPC villages?
Why doesnt Notch save us the pain and just steal the code from millinare.
What do you mean by fix? Houses a little buried or high? I believe they fixed that... I think...
Edit: I made a pit through bedrock, lined with cracked, mossy, and regular stone bricks. Lined that with redstone torches and regular ones. Put a ring of fire at the bottom of it. I've been making cows jump into it.