Notes in iCal

Question

Is there a way to make notes visible in Day or Week view without opening the event's edit window? Thanks.

Answer 1

Why not? I can go into Stickies or TextEdit and click a block of text and add notes to it.
I'm actually just trying out iCal today, because I've been so extremely used to a single paper-based assignment pad and one TextEdit document for all of my respective short and long-range To-Do items, and it's worked well. The option of having pretty colors finally drew me into iCal.
Alright, but seriously, what version of iCal is Apple working on? Version 4? Let's talk design for a second. For you folks with Snow Leopard previews, add a 6-hour event in Day view, and title it. Can you double-click on the event to add a note like this: "Inquire about who will be running the Live Labs in the Fall, and ask if Joe Schmoe could co-coordinate them. Also consider running maintenance ops" as a note? Because if you could, and just open iCal to see the note, then no extra clicking has to be done.
What have I been doing before iCal? I have my assignment pad out, paper based, or I have my "ToDo.rtf" file, hit "Spacebar," and I can literally read off all my To Do items (using Quicklook, what could be faster????), here's just an example of how I organize my stuff:
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ONGOING WISH LIST
[1] 160 GB ATA-6 (Ultra ATA-100) internal 2.5" hard drive for my case.
[2] USB Lava lamp. (Or whatever. Just using it as an example.)
DUE TASKS
Website: On 3/28/2009: Do final rounds of emails for all the users to remind them of the April Fools prank. We're currently set for the Simpsons joke. If Joe Schmoe says otherwise, then go with his plan. Update to follow here.
Univ.: Around 4/16/2009: Start reviewing for Quals. Go get copies of old exams and review those questions as well. Notes of troublesome topics to follow.
PC: Around 5/7/2009:
[1] Get this PC monitor for cheap (used or new): HP W2207 22". Search around for great deals. Also, eBay for WiFi-USB adapters.
[2] While waiting for delivery, consider ordering cathodes from PerformancePCs.
Car: On or about 6/2009: Get front brake pads for car.
Univ.: Roughly around 7/2009: Inquire about who will be running the Live Labs in the Fall, and ask if Joe Schome will co-coordinate them.
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Anyways that's just an example of what I see when I hit Spacebar. I'd sure love to convert all that to iCal, but c'mon, this is how I would think most people really use (or ought to use) date planners. I think that effective date planners should have at least the option to view notes aptly in this manner. Personally, I'm regularly updating my notes, and I mean, like almost every couple of days, because I go "Meh... I think that we can move this a day over" or "Actually let's go with the 250 GB version" or "And while I'm out getting brake pads, maybe I should also do this..." etc. etc. And, while I'm at it, why not [1] or [2] notes per event? That's effective right there, and it's really fast doing it in TextEdit or Stickies.
So, there's really no way to just edit notes like that in iCal? Has there ever been????
If not, then Apple seriously ought to consider doing so for iCal 4. (Or 3.1, or whatever comes out when they get another Leopard update out.)
Message was edited by: Andrej