Hi, welcome to boonex!
So you're a Chrome fan? I'm a Safari fan :)
And I tell you I tested all the possible browsers, including Chrome, the reason why Safari is my favorite browser is because I like Apple designs. Chrome is very similar with Safari, simple, fast & smooth plus almost bug free.. why are them one of the few bug free browsers? because they focus on the only job a browser should do.. navigate web pages..
Good coders deserve good browsers, they put alot of work on their scripts see more to make them spectaculous.. but a trashy browser like IE ruins everything..
Regarding the new "gears" - Andrew already said that Dolphin will try to integrate the new technologies like Google Wave (probably in Dolphin 8 or even in 7).. So the future sounds interesting..