SF,
your post was well thought out and a great cry for direction. As you can see there was none given. Developing with this platform or any that have been released by these developers, is a tight-rope walk to say the least.

If we all wake up tomorrow, and there is the dreaded 404 on the prescribed domain, have no fear, there are backup plans should that ever occur. There are many of us who just like yourself have sank thousand(s) of hours into this community and this application. Its not going see more away, even if it went away, its not going away.

Just as other fallen or abandoned open source apps that have been revived from the dead, Dolphin too shall rise up above the waves and in all of her infinite glory be the performer she was meant to be.

Regards,
DosDawg