[bchadwick]

Perspectives are great for creating situations where you are in multiple contexts simultaneously (Have access to Mac, Phone, and Boss at work; phone and Mac and spouse at home; phone and errands only when traveling, etc).

The issue is that the Perspectives interface is a little clunky for me. I can see that setting up a perspective might require more buttons and stuff, but switching to a perspective could be simpler. Here are two thoughts (not mutually exclusive).

You can have a folder in Contexts that holds perspectives, or you can assign some perspectives to appear in the Contexts holder (I'd still put it in a folder separate from the No Context and Contexts section, but still accessible).

An alternative is to have perspectives as a mode, along with planning and contexts. I suspect there may be more GTD methodological issues with this, but it's just a thought.

[cyleigh]

Did you know that you can put perspectives on the tool-bar? I think that might help your problem of being able to switch easily.
You can also assign shortcut keys to perspectives.

[Craig]

If you're a Quicksilver user, you can also add the folder containing Perspectives to your Quicksilver catalogue for easy access.

[Splinky]

I am hopeful that the final release version will contain a series of pre-baked Perspectives, and also some very clear instructions on how best to use them and set them up.

I can see the benefit of perspectives, but the problems I have with them are:

1. The interface feels clunky.
2. I have limited success in reverting away from my perspective back to a 'normal' view of my data.

[ptone]

I agree that the perspective interface is awkward.

I was thinking that it would be useful for perspectives to be in the sidebar in their own section - ala smart items in many other programs. You could have the option of editing and building perspectives via a set of rules, or have an item in the 'gear' menu : "Save Current View as Perspective"

You could then use folders to organize your perspectives (though I'm not sure what selecting a folder should do - probably nothing). Any modification of the view bar while a perspective is selected would then deselect that perspective in the view bar.

-P