I'm interested to know how people have, or would construct an interface which simplifies constructing logical boolean conditions? (Yes, it's a database query builder) In my mind a bad interface has them typing lots of AND, NOT IN, OR keywords etc. Or else has a million combo boxes.
I'm wondering if anyone has a good example I could glean ideas from? Or some suggestions?
At the moment I'm considering a split screen with a grid for composing the query and a canvas to display a visual representation of the sets of conditions and how they overlap etc. Like a Venn Diagram. This still gives me a problem with the usability/intuitiveness of the controls on the grid.
EDIT: I'm very interested in ideas which simplify it for less technical users. However, ideas for a version of the UI for advanced users are very helpful as well.
Answer
See also iTunes 9 or later. It adds the ability to do "nested" AND / OR expressions, akin to how a programmer would do it with parenthesis:
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