*** happened to iCal's STATIC info window... BRING IT BACK!!

In iCal, the user interface is now completely useless. The static info window is now gone completely in favor of a dynamic info window which only comes up when typing command-i or double clicking on an event. The problem is that bringing up an info window for one event will always block events that come after it (to the right of it) and so you have to click somewhere off of the info window to close it and then click again on the next event to view the next event. What crap! In a given day or week or month, you cannot simply single click around to immediately see info of each event. Now it requires several more clicks for viewing each successive event (clicking off of the current even, then double clicking the next event of interest). Additionally, the size of the info window is always changing making your eyes always moving as you click around on different events and have to read an comprehend where the start/stop of each event is or then realize you have to scroll.
How can we bring back the static view get info window!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! This is maddening!

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