It looks like Jeb is going to get Pistons into Minecraft 1.7. This is very good; since I've installed a bukkit plugin to add pistons I haven't played the game without them. It also looks like sticky pistons will be making it as well; albeit Jeb says they're probably going to be spiked pistons.
Unfortunately, they're going to take the player-launching aspect away from pistons. I can understand why, but that was part of the fun of them. Oh well, time to change all those piston launchers I'm using throughout my house into ladders.
This screenshot is from Jeb's Twitter.
I like that look better than the metallic look of the pistons in the original piston mod; however, I think it can be even better. Well, that's what texture packs are for

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