Before anyone says "DERP THERE R ALREADY MINECRAFT TOPIC IN COMPUTER SECKSHUN!" that's for servers and whatnot.
Anyway, back to the topic. Some of my favorite texture packs are:
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SMP's Revival
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GeruDoku (This is my fan update BTW)
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Jolicraft
I don't really use any mods, but right now, I have the
water shader mod installed, and I love it. It fits in with any texture pack really, and just make landscapes look amazing. If I do use mods, I only use aesthetic mods, such as wild grass, this water mod, and others.
1.8 was pretty nice, and I love a lot of the new features, especially the hanging vines. 1.9 is cool, but I don't like how swamp biome colors have such a rough transition. I also don't like how biomes got switched up really strangely.
For future MC updates, I'd love to see more weather (Especially natural fog), seasons (With different biome colors and features for each), and more plants. Of course, there's a lot of mods out there, including
one for seasons, but sadly, it hasn't been updated past 1.7.3.