some serious new feature implementation:

- cookie-based persistent logins
- expanded activity reporting
- "top" and "fixed" left menus are now dynamically generated from XML config,
  not hard coded
- error reporting enhanced and protection increased
- "About Venice" page first draft
- new means of "framing" static content within the Venice "frame"
- base page now includes the "footer" itself, "content" pages don't anymore
- general cleanup of some heavyweight old containers, replaced with faster
  Collections framework containers
- probably more, there's a LOT of stuff in here

web/format/posts.jsp

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
     </EM>)
     <% if (msg.hasAttachment()) { %>
       <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("attachment?" + data.getConfLocator() + "&msg="
-                                              + msg.getPostID()) %>"><IMG
+                                              + msg.getPostID()) %>" TARGET="_blank"><IMG
        SRC="<%= rdat.getFullImagePath("attachment.gif") %>"
        ALT="(Attachment <%= msg.getAttachmentFilename() %> - <%= msg.getAttachmentLength() %> bytes)"
        WIDTH=16 HEIGHT=16 BORDER=0></A>
@@ -341,4 +341,3 @@
 <% } else if (data.isTopicFrozen()) { %>
   <DIV ALIGN=CENTER><%= rdat.getStdFontTag(null,2) %><B>This is a <EM>Frozen</EM> Topic</B></DIV>
 <% } // end if %>
-<% rdat.writeFooter(out); %>