TheSteven
 
There will probably be additional files that get added to projects as things evolve and new features get added - pick your battles, this one is really a non-issue.

 
We've got a winner here 

While there may not be more files in the future, the way the asset file was designed, it allows us to leverage off it for future features.

Sorry, but this is really cheezy design.
 
If you must have extra files to keep track of data... why not keep all of the extraneous files in their own 'Assets' folder within the main Project folder... rather than continue to clutter up the main Project folder? It wouldn't bother me in the least to have one extra folder for storing these files within the main Project folder. However, stuffing the main Project folder, especially if you intend to come up with even more junk files to keep track of... is ugly.
 
And I agree with the first poster... makes it ugly to keep track of your Project files. I save projects continually as I'm working with new suffixes. I may save 100 Project files for a single Project in 1 day. Then to add, on top of that... your 100 extra Gobbler files (which is ridiculous, because I'm not EVER going to use it)... is, not only ugly, but irritating. Especially when all it would take is to store those files in their own sub folder.
 
Really... the only beef I have with X3. Otherwise, it's great! Who could've ever imagined you'd start automatically stuffing the Project folder with files I have absolutely no need for (at this point... unless you, indeed, start adding something actually useful to them later on). Just give them their own "Assets" sub-folder.
 
Luckily... I use Directory Opus, which allows me to easily save the fact that I no longer want to view files in Sonar Project folders that have a file extension of '.cwp.assets', so I don't have to look at 'em at all, and it's an immediate fix. Otherwise, this would be extremely irritating.
 
Can't believe there aren't more complaints about this.

Would be nice to have an option to turn off gobbler functionality completely, but I'm not pissing my pants about it right now.

I agree they are an annoyance, but there are bigger annoyances that I deal with every time I'm working in Sonar, not just when I happen to be browsing my Projects folders.  An option to completely turn gobbler functionality off would be nice, but not critical by any stretch.
 
Dan

Yes, it would be good to have the option.
I can't see myself ever using it, and it is more clutter of files.
 
So, is it OK to delete them then ?
 
Cheers - Cliff

CakeAlexS
Would be nice to have an option to turn off gobbler functionality completely, but I'm not pissing my pants about it right now.

 

dke
I agree they are an annoyance, but there are bigger annoyances that I deal with every time I'm working in Sonar, not just when I happen to be browsing my Projects folders.  An option to completely turn gobbler functionality off would be nice, but not critical by any stretch.
 
Dan

Just don't install Gobbler and it's completely disabled.
 
 

Thanks Seth,
 
how do you uninstall it ?.
 
Cheers - Cliff

You only have to uninstall if you've gone to their website and downloaded it. It does not install with SONAR. 

Otherwise it'll live in Control Panel > Programs and Features

Ahh right, I didn't install it. But Sonar still creates the .assets files - so you can't disable that file creation can you ?
 
Cheers - Cliff

Seth Kellogg [Cakewalk]

CakeAlexS
Would be nice to have an option to turn off gobbler functionality completely, but I'm not pissing my pants about it right now.

 

dke
I agree they are an annoyance, but there are bigger annoyances that I deal with every time I'm working in Sonar, not just when I happen to be browsing my Projects folders.  An option to completely turn gobbler functionality off would be nice, but not critical by any stretch.
 
Dan

Just don't install Gobbler and it's completely disabled.
 
 

Well not completely or there wouldn't be 10 .asset files in my current project. :)
 
Dan