ICal usability issues

does anyone else find iCal almost unusably slow and unresponsive in operation? i find it embarrassing during real-world use (on the phone, in meetings etc) to have to wait so long for the next month to appear, or to edit an entry, or do almost anything with the app!
it's most unapple-like, and i classify it as a bug, or rather crappy coding.
i'm using 5 calendars, subscribing to .mac, and the computer should be fast enough - ****, a IIci should be fast enough - to make a basic calendar app zippy and responsive in feel...
any other similar experiences, please post 'em up!

great - this does work. importaing into a text edit isn't necessary though (all those strings for each entry is an eyebender) - just looking into the events in each calendar folder reveals duplicates which can be manually deleted. however, another way is to enter the relevant search term in the culprit calendar within iCal, which reveals all duplicates. it is tedious, but the app speeds up fairly quickly once major duplications have been deleted.
thanks for the heads up...
my next question - where is the bug, and where is the "show duplicates" command?

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Onderwerp: Unbelievable usability issues
Re: Unbelievable usability issues
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