Evolution is inevitable. We're simply talking about the survival of the fittest; whichever platform best responds to its users' needs (or markets best to have them adopt certain needs) is the one that prospers, and the rest will be outmoded sooner or later. Inventing new technologies is not hard. Introducing people to their possibilities is.

Of course half the web still looks like 1996, and a quarter browses with IE6, so things don't seem to be in such a rush across the board. Whatever suits see more your purpose suits your purpose, and Dolphin will only be outmoded for you when you wake up to see something that better meets your needs. It's as simple as that at the end of the day.

With all that said, if Trident / Dolphin 8 with a *proper architecture* aren't forthcoming over the next six to twelve months in grand style, I'd say you really should be concerned. I'm personally shocked at the amounts of time and money people spend developing their Dolphins, while a solid framework could cut that down dramatically, and if people don't get a Boonex solution for a decent and sufficiently economic (in terms of time-money-effort) website development environment, they'll be looking elsewhere for solutions that are smarter.