I was using optifine, but apparently it works in vanilla too. (crashdump attached)
Is this actually a duplicate? or is "punch pushes you forward" different from "punch pushes you up"?
This is still possible in 1.9.2 and unless I'm missing something (this is quite possible) that comes after 15w49a, the fix version. Is it going to be 'fixed'? I don't want it fixed, I just want to know if this wonderful gift is going to be taken away.
As far as I'm concerned this is the best thing to happen to minecraft since rails and minecarts.
It's a powerful transport method that requires a lot of skill to pull off, and costs you in stress (having to manage hunger, durability, propulsion, altitude and navigation all at once) and repair. Even with this new ability (which you can only get after you've effectively won minecraft), there are compelling reasons to use slower forms of transport - riding a horse or a minecart requires a lot less effort and attention, and if done through the nether, is almost as fast, if not faster. And it doesn't actually affect any other aspects of gameplay. It's just a means of transport, which most players will probably never use.
Just forwards (whichever direction you are already traveling). But it's easy to convert that into lift and fly forever (other resources permitting).