why is Dolphin giving us headache and heartbreak

it needs to be a requirement that D* is compatible with the d7 mods.

Welcome to our world. Many of us have been here for a few years and still can't get a software that actually works enough to use it and make a great website, spent lots of money on mods and now unusable! Boonex says they don't use Dolphin cause of the Market section. BULL, they don't use it cause it is half done like all their other releases!

I'd hope they continue work on Dolphin 7 until it's as problem-free as possible before moving onto a new major version. I wouldn't mind the two co-existing for a while if it meant they were committed to it.

As many other important CMSs in the world already do from years, would be necessary just to use the SAME DB tables, the SAME variables, the SAME way to call scripts etc.. etc.. I do not see any reason why they should change everything in the code again. Then if you r talking about modules that do modify the core of Dolphin, that is not something you can report to Boonex, but something that should be reported to the developers of those mods. I have NEVER seen in my life Joomla modules that require see more code changes, even the worst ones, maybe there are some, but really it would be new for me! YEs Boonex has some issues when releasing new versions, maybe a framework will be better =D, but when you buy a module, you should be sure that it does not modify the core. IF it does then you must be aware of the fact that you will have many problems, as you would have many problems if you were using Joomla, Drupal or whatever. Modules should be indipendent. Maybe with some hooks we will be able to better communicate with the core, and make it better without editing directly the files. As for me, I will never make a mod that will change the default code. So ask to the developers before buying a module. It is better for you and for your pocket! =D Bye

There is a book on business planning called "Business Plans that make $$$" - it was written long ago, but is still really relevant. It has this great chapter called "What do you want to be when you grow up" and makes the point that company owners can have all sorts of objectives - not just making money or making a great product. Some company owners want to essentially be "owner inventors". They want their company so they can have their own private "research see more lab" where they can play around and experiment. That describes the situation at Boonex I think. The want to do the fun stuff - new development, not the boring stuff like bug fixing. I think there is a near consensus here that we want D7 to be a stable product before they move on to any radical redesigns.

Dont buy Mods then...
Stick with Boonex Dolphin alone...
post your requirements in ideas and suggestions in trac...